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Scientists improve photon-collecting device that could be used to connect multiple quantum-computing arrays.
Mirrors, lenses and other optical instruments help to direct photons collected from optical cavities. Credit: LiPo Ching for Stanford University
A leading approach for building quantum computers uses neutral atoms to create the units of information called qubits. Such quantum computers can encompass thousands of atoms, and now an innovative approach could help to scale up the technique even further.
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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-03237-2
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