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    Boson sampling using ultracold atoms in a two-dimensional, tunnel-coupled optical lattice is enabled by high-fidelity programmable control with optical tweezers of a large number of atoms trapped in an optical lattice.

    • Aaron W. Young
    • , Shawn Geller
    •  & Adam M. Kaufman

  • Article |

    This study demonstrates the experimental realization of a complete protocol for quantum key distribution using entangled trapped strontium ions with device-independent quantum security guarantees.

    • D. P. Nadlinger
    • , P. Drmota
    •  & J.-D. Bancal

  • Article |

    By using a stimulated Brillouin scattering laser in a strontium-ion optical clock instead of the usual bulk-cavity-stabilized laser, the need for vacuum is removed and resonator volume is substantially reduced.

    • William Loh
    • , Jules Stuart
    •  & Robert McConnell

  • Letter |

    Improved techniques allow the measurement of a frequency difference with an uncertainty of the order of 10–19 between two independent atomic optical lattice clocks, suggesting that they may be able to improve state-of-the-art geodetic techniques.

    • W. F. McGrew
    • , X. Zhang
    •  & A. D. Ludlow

  • Letter |

    Single organic dye molecules have high-flux, narrow-bandwidth single-photon emission and can be spectrally matched to the transitions of atoms acting as a quantum memory, making them promising for use in quantum information and communication schemes.

    • Petr Siyushev
    • , Guilherme Stein
    •  & Ilja Gerhardt

  • News & Views |

    A fine marriage between atomic and optical physics has produced a medium that is transparent to single photons but opaque to multiple photons. The finding heralds the development of devices such as single-photon switches. See Letter p.57

    • Thad G. Walker

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