RESEARCH
Coherence, Dephasing, and Why Room Temperature Is Hard
Excitons lose their quantum phase to phonons, disorder, and interactions — and that loss is the central obstacle to room-temperature excitonic quantum devices.
Topic
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RESEARCH
Excitons lose their quantum phase to phonons, disorder, and interactions — and that loss is the central obstacle to room-temperature excitonic quantum devices.
QUANTUM
Every excitonic quantum proposal lives or dies by the ratio of coherence time to operation time. This is the number to ask for first — and the one most often quoted without its context.