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PART 1Executive Overview
1Definition

Materials where the atoms repeat a pattern in time rather than just space.

Category
Near-Future
Best use
Perfect clocks, quantum memory
Stage
LAB
PART 2Technical & Manufacturing
4How It Works

Periodic driving of a quantum system to break time-translation symmetry.

PART 3Market & Industry
9Companies Involved
Google Quantum AIMax Planck Institute

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