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Slowing Down the Decoherence of Quantum Bits

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By means of a suitable feedback it is shown that a quantum superposition of number states, forming a qubit, can be preserved for a longer time with respect to the case without feedback.

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Tombesi, P., Vitali, D. (1997). Slowing Down the Decoherence of Quantum Bits. In: Hirota, O., Holevo, A.S., Caves, C.M. (eds) Quantum Communication, Computing, and Measurement. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5923-8_22

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