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Wiring up quantum systems

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The emerging field of circuit quantum electrodynamics could pave the way for the design of practical quantum computers.

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Figure 1: Cavity quantum electrodynamics.
Figure 2: Circuit QED devices.
Figure 3: Vacuum Rabi splitting.
Figure 4: Wiring up quantum systems.

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