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Three of diamonds

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Quantum computers require error correction protocols to repair the state of the quantum bits. This has now been demonstrated using a 'majority voting' protocol among a cluster of three defect spins in diamond.

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Figure 1: Schematic representation of a simple three-qubit quantum error correction protocol.
Figure 2: The NV centre in diamond consists of a substitutional nitrogen atom (N) next to a vacant lattice site (V).

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  1. John J. L. Morton and Jeroen Elzerman are at the London Centre for Nanotechnology and Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, University College London, London WC1H 0AH, UK,

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