Unconditional room-temperature quantum memory

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 794-798

  Hosseini, M ^a   Campbell, G ^a   Sparkes, B M ^a   Lam, P K ^a   Buchler, B C ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 80053602352     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2021     Document Type: Article

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