• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 62, Issue 11, 1127003 (2025)
Hualei Yin1,*, Xuyang Lu2, Qinghang Zhang2, and Zengbing Chen2
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  • 1School of Physics, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
  • 2School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, Jiangsu , China
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    Hualei Yin, Xuyang Lu, Qinghang Zhang, Zengbing Chen. Research Progress in Fusion-Based Quantum Computation (Invited)[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2025, 62(11): 1127003 Copy Citation Text show less
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