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Quantum control

Engineering a revolution

Nature Physics volume 10, pages 794–795 (2014)Cite this article

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Rapidly changing noise impedes high-fidelity quantum control. An engineering framework for predicting and mitigating such dynamics has now been validated, revealing physical insights into the time evolution of quantum states.

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Figure 1: Illustration of noise processes (a) during repeated pulse sequences (b).

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