Abstract: This talk will consist of two parts. First, we will discuss passively protected quantum memories, in which an encoded qubit is coupled to an environment that naturally corrects errors. For example, we will present a candidate for a passively protected quantum memory in two dimensions. Second, we will discuss how entanglement in a network of quantum sensors can be used to accurately measure properties of spatially varying fields.
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