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Quantum registers hit the right wavelength

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Controlling nuclear spins coupled to an electron spin in silicon carbide has enabled development of a ‘quantum register’ interfaced with telecom photons, leading to the possibility of distant transport of quantum information.

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Fig. 1: Long-distance quantum communication with quantum registers that emit NIR photons.

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Dhomkar, S., Morton, J.J.L. Quantum registers hit the right wavelength. Nat. Mater. 19, 1259–1260 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-020-00808-0

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