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Mesoscopic physics

Noisy times ahead

Nature volume 410, pages 424–425 (2001)Cite this article

Realizing the dream of quantum computing will require knowledge and techniques from many fields. A new theory concerning the properties of nanometre-scale circuits can contribute.

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Figure 1: Mesoscopic device for reading information in a qubit — a quantum bit.

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  1. * Electronic Correlations: From Meso- to Nano-physics, XXXVI Rencontres de Moriond, Les Arcs, France, 20–27 January 2001. Abstracts are at http://www.lps.u-psud.fr/moriond01

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