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Silicon carbide incorporates quantum gates

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Controlled nanophotonic fabrication in silicon carbide enables the quantum manipulation of nuclear spins with optical and spin coherence comparable to the pristine material, setting the ground for scalable integrated quantum networks.

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Fig. 1: Integrated quantum network based on SiC.

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