@article{5d626125ad3a43a18affa91b10c54e6c,
title = "A step closer to repeaters for quantum networks",
keywords = "Optics and photonics, Quantum physics",
author = "{\L}ukasz Dusanowski and Thompson, {Jeff D.}",
note = "Funding Information: The key advances in this work arose from an interdisciplinary collaboration beginning in 2018 that combined expertise in atomic physics, spectroscopy and materials science to search for previously unreported solid-state hosts and atomic defects for quantum technologies. This collaboration was initially supported by the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Transformative Technology Fund at Princeton University in New Jersey, and then by the Princeton Catalysis Initiative. It was then backed by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, before becoming a major activity of the Co-design Center for Quantum Advantage (C2QA), part of the US Department of Energy{\textquoteright}s National Quantum Initiative. These supporters have enabled extended investigations: we rejected almost 20 materials after initial screening experiments, and failed to observe good single-ion behaviour in two promising candidates before getting good results with CaWO. Our collaboration is now applying the lessons we learnt to see how atomic defects can be used for other applications. — J.D.T. 4 ",
year = "2023",
doi = "10.1038/d41586-023-02283-4",
language = "English (US)",
journal = "Nature",
issn = "0028-0836",
publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",
}