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December 21, 2021

Quantum logic gate takes advantage of new form of light

Engineering researchers have developed a deterministic, high-fidelity, two-bit quantum logic gate that takes advantage of a new form of light.

[Research supported by U.S. National Science Foundation grants ECCS 1608049 and ECCS 1838996.]

Learn more in the Washington University in St. Louis news story A new piece of the quantum computing puzzle. (Date image taken: June 2021; date originally posted to NSF Multimedia Gallery: Dec. 21, 2021)

Credit: Jung-Tsung Shen, Preston M. Green Department of Electrical & Systems Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis


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