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Quantum togetherness

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Two independent experiments have demonstrated control of one mobile quantum of excitation by another. The results are likely to have ramifications for information processing and transfer. See Letters p.71 & p.76

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Figure 1: Propagating pairs.

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  1. *This article and the papers under discussion1,2 were published online on 25 September 2013.

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