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Tailor-made quantum states

The ability to produce arbitrarily superposed quantum states is a prerequisite for creating a workable quantum computer. Such highly complex states can now be generated on demand in superconducting electronic circuitry.

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Figure 1: Synthesizing quantum states.

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Nakamura, Y. Tailor-made quantum states. Nature 459, 516–517 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/459516a

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