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ed quantum photonic circuits capable of complex processing, long-distance quantum networks leveraging quantum repeaters, and portable quantum sensors. Advances in material science, nanofabrication, and quantum engineering are expected to drive

ding blocks of matter, possess discrete energy levels associated with their electrons. When photons—quanta of electromagnetic radiation—interact with these atoms, they can induce a variety of processes depending on the photon energy, atom's electronic stru