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Correlations on a chip

Researchers have developed a semiconductor structure capable of supporting quantum correlations between photons and strong single-photon nonlinearities, thus paving the way for the development of chip-based devices for quantum secure communications and quantum information processing.

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Xu, X., Wong, C. Correlations on a chip. Nature Photon 6, 75–76 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2012.6

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