Interatom

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Occurring between atoms. not-comparable

    "The two photons from the two atoms are jointly measured with a beam splitter, which mixes the two input photons, and the atom-photon entanglement is transferred to interatom entanglement, which is the entanglement swap."

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"The two photons from the two atoms are jointly measured with a beam splitter, which mixes the two input photons, and the atom-photon entanglement is transferred to interatom entanglement, which is the entanglement swap."

Etymology

From inter- + atom.

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