Quantum optics

Sub-field of quantum physics and optics

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2021
Trapped-ion quantum computer
Researchers from the University of Innsbruck developed the world's first compact trapped-ion quantum computer that meets quality standards, successfully fitting the demonstrator inside two 19-inch server racks.
2019
Schwinger limit
The ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider announces the first definitive observation of photon-photon scattering in lead ion collisions, producing electromagnetic fields well in excess of the Schwinger limit.

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