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A chip, copper enclosure and wire mesh form part of NIST’s apparatus for exchanging motional energy between two trapped beryllium ions.
“Quantum Computing; Ion Trapping (5941055642)” — Y. Colombe / NIST · Public domain (U.S. Government)
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NIST’s beryllium-ion apparatus

A chip, copper enclosure and wire mesh form part of NIST’s apparatus for exchanging motional energy between two trapped beryllium ions.

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NIST
Photograph date
2011-02-23
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Y. Colombe / NIST
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Public domain (U.S. Government)

“Quantum Computing; Ion Trapping (5941055642)” — Y. Colombe / NIST · Public domain (U.S. Government)

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