What could scientists’ recent success in teleporting quantum states mean for data centers of the future?
In what they described as a key milestone on the way to redefining global communications, a group of researchers recently managed to teleport quantum states over 27 miles with more than 90 percent fidelity.
The team, consisting of scientists from Fermilab, AT&T, Caltech, Harvard University, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and University of Calgary, published results of the experiment in a paper in December.
The results have big implications for the future of data centers, for whom quantum teleportation could mean more secure communications, Panagiotis Spentzouris, senior scientist who heads the Quantum Science Program at Fermilab, told DCK.
In a major breakthrough, a joint team of researchers from Caltech, the Department of Energy’s Fermilab, AT&T, Harvard University, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, and the University of Calgary announced that they managed to teleport qubits of photons across approximately
27 miles (43.4523 kilometers) of fiber-optic cable, per
Fermilab.
Similar projects had been done in the past; however, this one distinguishes itself from the others due to it being the first to beam quantum information across such a great distance.
The experiment, done by using off-the-shelf equipment that is compatible with both existing telecommunications infrastructure and emerging quantum technologies, might provide a realistic foundation for a high-fidelity quantum internet with practical devices, the researchers told
Quantum Teleportation Has Been Achieved In Real Life
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Quantum teleportation over long distances has been achieved in real life. An announcement by a group of scientists from a consortium of well-regarded institutions confirms that a demonstration of sustained high-fidelity quantum teleportation has been achieved. The breakthrough was led by Caltech, a collaboration of Fermilab, AT&T, University of Calgary and Harvard University, and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The group was successfully able to transport basic units of quantum information known as qubits over 22 kilometers of fiber between the Caltech and Fermilab Quantum Networks. While not the same as transporting physical matter across distances, this achievement could create Quantum Networks that revolutionize the future of computing speed, power, and security.
Researchers Demonstrate Sustained, Long-Distance Teleportation of Photon Qubits
Written by AZoQuantumDec 16 2020
Precision sensing, data storage, and computing could be completely revolutionized by a viable quantum internet a network where information stored in qubits is shared over long distances via entanglement leading to a new communication era.
In a demonstration of high-fidelity quantum teleportation at the Fermilab Quantum Network, fiber-optic cables connect off-the-shelf devices (shown above), as well as state-of-the-art R&D devices. Image Credit: Fermilab.
Researchers at Fermilab, a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science national laboratory, and their collaborators took a crucial step this month toward achieving a quantum internet.