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coherence time

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coherence time [kō′hir·əns ‚tīm]
(physics)
The average time required for the relative phase of two waves, or the phase of a single wave, to fluctuate appreciably.


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Josephson junctions are good candidates for a quantum computer with recent experiments demonstrating reasonably long coherence times, state preparation, manipulation and measurement, and coupling of qubits for even-tual gate operations.
Source of decoherence in Josephson qubits indentified by NIST ... by Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Recent measurements have demonstrated coherence times exceeding 100 s--corresponding to over 10 x [10.
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The incredibly long coherence times of atomic hyperfine states make them ideally suited for frequency standards and quantum information processing.
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