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A team of scientists at MPQ realizes a first elementary quantum network based on interfaces between single atoms  and photons.

S. Ritter, C. Nölleke, C. Hahn, A. Reiserer, A. Neuzner, M. Uphoff, M. Mücke, E. Figueroa, J. Bochmann, and G. Rempe, An elementary quantum network of single atoms in optical cavities, Nature 484, 195 (2012)

The link to the article is the following: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature11023

The press release is available at the link: http://www.mpq.mpg.de/cms/mpq/en/news/press/12_04_12.html