Artistic impression of an integrated directional coupler for single phonons (IMAGE)

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Artistic impression of an integrated directional coupler for single phonons

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Researchers developed a chip-based single-phonon directional coupler that carries out controllable splitting and achieves quantum-level performance. The device could enable microscopic on-chip routers and splitters that link different types of quantum technologies.

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Amirparsa Zivari, Delft University of Technology

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