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Nature Photonics 3, 317 - 319 (2009)
doi:10.1038/nphoton.2009.84
Quantum photonics: Quantum optics on a chip
Dominic W. Berry1 & Howard M. Wiseman2
- Dominic W. Berry is in the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada.
- Howard M. Wiseman is in the Centre for Quantum Dynamics at Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia.
Correspondence to: Howard M. Wiseman2 e-mail: h.wiseman@griffith.edu.au
Abstract
Researchers have demonstrated a reconfigurable photonic circuit on a chip that can create a four-photon entangled state. The scalability and compactness of the device opens the door towards practical quantum computation.
