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ArticleNature2025

Long-distance coherent quantum communications in deployed telecom networks.

Mirko Pittaluga, Yuen San Lo, Adam Brzosko, Robert I Woodward, Davide Scalcon, Matthew S Winnel, Thomas Roger, James F Dynes, Kim A Owen, Sergio Juárez and 4 more

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Mirko PittalugaToshiba Europe Limited, Cambridge, UK. mirko.pittaluga@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5700-3232
Yuen San LoToshiba Europe Limited, Cambridge, UK.
Adam BrzoskoToshiba Europe Limited, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7025-4036
Robert I WoodwardToshiba Europe Limited, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5026-494X
Davide ScalconToshiba Europe Limited, Cambridge, UK.
Matthew S WinnelToshiba Europe Limited, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3457-4451
Thomas RogerToshiba Europe Limited, Cambridge, UK.
James F DynesToshiba Europe Limited, Cambridge, UK.
Kim A OwenToshiba Europe Limited, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2464-2281
Sergio JuárezToshiba Europe Limited, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-0839-5547
Piotr RydlichowskiPoznan Supercomputing and Networking Center, Poznan, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5050-742X
Domenico VicinanzaGÉANT Vereniging, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Guy RobertsGÉANT Vereniging, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Andrew J ShieldsToshiba Europe Limited, Cambridge, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advances in quantum communications have underscored the crucial role of optical coherence in developing quantum networks. This resource, which is fundamental to the phase-based architecture of the quantum internet

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