Self-healing of quantum entanglement after an obstruction

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  McLaren, Melanie ^a,b   Mhlanga, Thandeka ^a,c   Padgett, Miles J ^d   Roux, Filippus S ^a   Forbes, Andrew ^a,b  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84893854384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4248     Document Type: Article

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