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Catch and Release of Photons

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Antoine Browaeys, Physics 6, 25 (2013) – Published March 4, 2013
Two separate groups demonstrate the temporary storage and subsequent release of photons using very different quantum devices.
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Logic with Light and Matter

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Published December 27, 2012
Light stored in a Bose-Einstein condensate can be manipulated with light to create an optical AND gate.
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Cooling Neutral Atoms in Optical Tweezers

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Published November 29, 2012
Individual neutral atoms trapped in optical tweezers have been cooled to their quantum ground state, raising hopes that they can be used to process quantum information.
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Nobel Prize—Tools for Quantum Tinkering

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Physics 5, 114 (2012) – Published October 12, 2012
David Wineland and Serge Haroche, who studied photons and atoms in new ways, have won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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Moving Traps Offer Fast Delivery of Cold Ions

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Christian Roos, Physics 5, 94 (2012) – Published August 20, 2012
Two separate experiments have demonstrated the fast transport of trapped ions using trapping potentials that trace out the path for the ions to follow.