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Nature 461, 1217-1218 (29 October 2009) | doi:10.1038/4611217a; Published online 28 October 2009

Quantum information: Caught at the finishing line

Bob B. Buckley1 & David D. Awschalom1

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Quantum systems habitually leak information, limiting their usefulness for practical applications. By optimally reversing the leak, this information loss has been reduced to a trickle in the solid state.

The physical interactions described by quantum mechanics are fundamental to describing the world. Harnessing these quantum interactions has the potential to add a new and powerful set of tools for quantum information technology1.

  1. Bob B. Buckley and David D. Awschalom are in the Center for Spintronics and Quantum Computation, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA.
    Email: awsch@physics.ucsb.edu; Email: buckley@physics.ucsb.edu

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