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    "# How to cite Boulder Opal\n",
    "**Cite relevant Boulder Opal articles and specific documentation pages**\n",
    "\n",
    "If you find Boulder Opal useful and wish to cite it in your work please cite the following:\n",
    "\n",
    "- Q-CTRL, Boulder Opal, https://q-ctrl.com/boulder-opal (2026), [Online].\n",
    "\n",
    "If you use BibTeX, you can add the following reference to your database:\n",
    "\n",
    "```bibtex\n",
    "@misc{boulder_opal,\n",
    "  author = {Q-CTRL},\n",
    "  title = {Boulder {O}pal},\n",
    "  year = {2026},\n",
    "  howpublished = {https://q-ctrl.com/boulder-opal},\n",
    "  note = {[Online]}\n",
    "}\n",
    "```"
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    "## Citing a feature of Boulder Opal\n",
    "\n",
    "If a specific feature of Boulder Opal has been useful in your work, please cite the relevant notebook in addition to the reference above. \n",
    "\n",
    "For example, you can cite the [Design robust, configurable, parallel gates for large trapped-ion arrays](https://docs.q-ctrl.com/boulder-opal/toolkit/apply/trapped-ion-quantum-computing/design-robust-configurable-parallel-gates-for-large-trapped-ion-arrays) application note with the following (remember to update the date accessed):\n",
    "\n",
    "- Q-CTRL, Boulder Opal documentation: Designing robust, configurable, parallel gates for large trapped-ion arrays,\n",
    "https://docs.q-ctrl.com/boulder-opal/toolkit/apply/trapped-ion-quantum-computing/design-robust-configurable-parallel-gates-for-large-trapped-ion-arrays (2025), [Online; accessed 1-January-2025].\n",
    "\n",
    "Or in BibTeX format:\n",
    "\n",
    "```bibtex\n",
    "@misc{boulder_opal_robust_ion_gates,\n",
    "  author = {Q-CTRL},\n",
    "  title = {Boulder {O}pal documentation: {D}esigning robust, configurable, parallel gates for large trapped-ion arrays},\n",
    "  year = {2025},\n",
    "  howpublished = {https://docs.q-ctrl.com/boulder-opal/toolkit/apply/trapped-ion-quantum-computing/design-robust-configurable-parallel-gates-for-large-trapped-ion-arrays},\n",
    "  note = {[Online; accessed 1-January-2026]}\n",
    "}\n",
    "```"
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