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Nature 444, 49 (2 November 2006) | doi:10.1038/444049a; Published online 1 November 2006

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Materials science: Qubits in the pink

Pieter Kok1 & Brendon W. Lovett1

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Crystal imperfections known as nitrogen–vacancy defects give some diamonds a characteristic pink colour. Appropriately manipulated, these defects might have rosy prospects as the 'qubits' of a quantum computer.

According to materials scientist F. C.

  1. Pieter Kok and Brendon W. Lovett are in the Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PH, UK.
    Email: pieter.kok@materials.oxford.ac.uk

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