High-energy electrons that collide at a beam splitter repel each other because of strong Coulomb interactions, which could be harnessed for quantum information processing.
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Brange, F., Flindt, C. Interacting electrons collide at a beam splitter. Nat. Nanotechnol. 18, 696–697 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-023-01389-0
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