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Qubit readout boost

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The detection of the quantum state of tens of neutral atoms arranged in arrays has reached a new record fidelity. This brings fault-tolerant quantum computation and simulation closer to reality.

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Fig. 1: Illustration of the imaging technique.

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Gross, C. Qubit readout boost. Nat. Phys. 15, 523–524 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-019-0539-z

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