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New Record for Information Storage and Retrieval Lifetime Advances Quantum Networks


December 9, 2008

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Physicists have taken a significant step toward creation of quantum networks by establishing a new record for the length of time that quantum information can be stored in, and retrieved from, an ensemble of very cold atoms. Though the information remains usable for just milliseconds, even that short lifetime should be enough to allow transmission of data from one quantum repeater to another on an optical network.Full Story

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