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The qubit and the cavity

Coherent coupling of superconducting qubits and electromagnetic modes, analogous to atom–photon coupling, has been demonstrated — a step towards the communication of quantum information.

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Makhlin, Y., Schön, G. & Shnirman, A. The qubit and the cavity. Nature 431, 138–139 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/431138a

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