Canadian and US researchers have taken an important step towards enabling quantum networks to be cost-effective and truly secure from attack.
Quantum Physics
Sep 19, 2017
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Chinese researchers recently announced a landmark advancement: They used a satellite orbiting Earth to beam pairs of quantum-entangled photons to two Tibetan mountaintops more than 700 miles apart. This distance blew the ...
Other
Sep 13, 2017
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Considerable interest in new single-photon detector technologies has been scaling in this past decade. Nowadays, quantum optics and quantum information applications are, among others, one of the main precursors for the accelerated ...
Quantum Physics
Sep 6, 2017
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For the first time, researchers have sent a quantum-secured message containing more than one bit of information per photon through the air above a city. The demonstration showed that it could one day be practical to use high-capacity, ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 24, 2017
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In early July, Google announced that it will expand its commercially available cloud computing services to include quantum computing. A similar service has been available from IBM since May. These aren't services most regular ...
Quantum Physics
Aug 24, 2017
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As malicious hackers find ever more sophisticated ways to launch attacks, China is about to launch the Jinan Project, the world's first unhackable computer network, and a major milestone in the development of quantum technology.
Telecom
Aug 4, 2017
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In a new study, researchers demonstrate ground-based measurements of quantum states sent by a laser aboard a satellite 38,000 kilometers above Earth. This is the first time that quantum states have been measured so carefully ...
Quantum Physics
Jun 15, 2017
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For the first time, physicists have experimentally demonstrated a quantum secure direct communication (QSDC) protocol combined with quantum memory, which is essential for storing and controlling the transfer of information. ...
Researchers in Canada have taken a significant step towards enabling secure quantum communication via moving satellites, as announced by the Canadian Government in April 2017.
Quantum Physics
Jun 6, 2017
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Scientists at the University of York's Centre for Quantum Technology have made an important breakthrough in the theory of quantum secure communications.
Quantum Physics
Apr 26, 2017
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