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Micropillars for single-photon phase shifts

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A micropillar cavity that can impart a phase shift to single photons offers a promising route to scalable quantum information processing with light.

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Fig. 1: Schematic of the phase-measurement apparatus for characterizing the micropillar cavities.

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Dürr, S. Micropillars for single-photon phase shifts. Nat. Photon. 16, 554–555 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-022-01040-9

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