
A
new world record for quantum teleportation has been set, bringing
quantum communication networks that can stretch between cities a step
closer. Two independent teams have transferred quantum information over
several kilometres of fibre optic networks.
Being able to establish teleportation over long distances is a
crucial step towards exchanging quantum cryptographic keys needed for
encoding data sent over the fibres.
“We have shown that this works across a metropolitan fibre network, over 6.2 kilometres, as the crow flies.”
Quantum teleportation is a process by
which quantum information (e.g. the exact state of an atom or photon)
can be transmitted (exactly, in principle) from one location to another,
with the help of classical communication and previously shared quantum
entanglement between the sending and receiving location. Because it
depends on classical communication, which can proceed no faster than the
speed of light, it cannot be used for faster-than-light transport or
communication of classical bits. While it has proven possible to
teleport one or more qubits of information between two (entangled)
atoms, this has not yet been achieved between molecules or anything
larger.
Although the name is inspired by the
teleportation commonly used in fiction, there is no relationship outside
the name, because quantum teleportation concerns only the transfer of
information. Quantum teleportation is not a form of transportation, but
of communication; it provides a way of transporting a qubit from one
location to another, without having to move a physical particle along
with it. However, quantum teleportation of particles has been theorized
to also be possible, and to perhaps be an explanation for the
teleportation-like effects seen in superconductivity and superfluidity.
Source : https://en.wikipedia.org
A New world record for quantum Teleportation
Journal reference: Nature Photonics
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