State of Exciton at Quantum Record (IMAGE)

University of Oxford

State of Exciton at Quantum Record

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A normally fragile quantum state has been shown to survive at room temperature for a world record 39 minutes by Oxford University researchers. An artistic rendition of a 'bound exciton' quantum state used to prepare and read out information stored in the form of quantum bits.

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© 2013 Stef Simmons with CC BY

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