A quarter of a century ago, theoretical physicists proposed a way to transmit quantum information via quantum repeaters over long distances which would open the door to the construction of a worldwide ...

Quantum copier: An artist's impression of the trapped ions at the heart of the quantum repeater node. (Courtesy: Universität Innsbruck/Harald Ritsch) Physicists at the Universities of Innsbruck in ...

To push beyond this boundary, the team developed a quantum repeater system capable of creating memory–memory entanglement between two separate nodes. By linking these nodes through entanglement ...

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Everyday life on the internet is insecure. Hackers can break into bank accounts or steal digital identities. Driven by AI, attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated. Quantum cryptography ...

Researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) demonstrated a quantum repeater module that addresses a key scalability bottleneck in fiber-based quantum networks.

Secure quantum networks that use existing fiber to transmit entangled photons are a step closer to reality as three different teams in US, China and the Netherlands have figured out ways to build ...

A reliable quantum internet is now one step closer to reality. A research team at Stony Brook University is successfully tackling the major challenges of building a quantum internet testbed by ...

Development of key quantum networking technologies, such as repeaters and security applications, is taking shape as research and investment heats up. The development of quantum networking technology ...

Tiny 3D-printed “light cages” are giving researchers a new way to catch and hold individual particles of light on a chip, a capability that has long been a missing ingredient for a practical quantum ...