Northwestern University (USA) engineers are the first to successfully demonstrate quantum teleportation over a fiberoptic cable already carrying Internet traffic.
- The discovery shows a path towards next-generation quantum and classical networks sharing a unified fiberoptic infrastructure.
- Basically, it opens the door to pushing quantum communications to the next level.
- Only limited by the speed of light, quantum teleportation could make communications nearly instantaneous.
- The process works by harnessing quantum entanglement, a technique in which two particles are linked, regardless of the distance between them.
- Instead of particles physically traveling to deliver information, entangled particles exchange information over great distances—without physically carrying it.
- Quantum teleportation has the ability to provide quantum connectivity securely between geographically distant nodes
(Source: https://www.sciencealert.com/quantum-teleportation-achieved-over-internet-for-first-time)
