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SUBMITTER: Azuma K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4410623 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Azuma Koji K Tamaki Kiyoshi K Lo Hoi-Kwong HK
Nature communications 20150415
Quantum communication holds promise for unconditionally secure transmission of secret messages and faithful transfer of unknown quantum states. Photons appear to be the medium of choice for quantum communication. Owing to photon losses, robust quantum communication over long lossy channels requires quantum repeaters. It is widely believed that a necessary and highly demanding requirement for quantum repeaters is the existence of matter quantum memories. Here we show that such a requirement is, i ...[more]