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🚨 BREAKING: Scientists Teleport Quantum Light Through the Internet for the First Time!
In a major leap for quantum tech, physicists in the U.S. have successfully teleported a quantum state of light through 30 km (18 miles) of regular fiber-optic internet cable—while normal internet traffic was still flowing through it.
⚛️ What is Quantum Teleportation?
It’s not science fiction—this isn’t beaming people like in Star Trek. Instead, quantum teleportation is the transfer of a particle’s exact quantum state to another location without moving the particle itself. It recreates the original in a new place while the original disappears—like perfect duplication without copying.
🔬 This experiment used photons (particles of light) and managed to preserve their quantum information across a real-world internet environment—a massive milestone for secure communication and future quantum internet.
🌐 The breakthrough? Researchers figured out how to make delicate quantum states coexist with classical signals—something never done before under these conditions.
📄 Research:
Jordan M. Thomas et al., Quantum teleportation coexisting with classical communications in optical fiber, Optica (2024)
🚀 Implications:
This is the groundwork for quantum internet, unhackable communication, and next-gen computing—and it’s happening now.
#QuantumTeleportation #QuantumInternet #Teleportation #Photonics #QuantumPhysics
In a major leap for quantum tech, physicists in the U.S. have successfully teleported a quantum state of light through 30 km (18 miles) of regular fiber-optic internet cable—while normal internet traffic was still flowing through it.
⚛️ What is Quantum Teleportation?
It’s not science fiction—this isn’t beaming people like in Star Trek. Instead, quantum teleportation is the transfer of a particle’s exact quantum state to another location without moving the particle itself. It recreates the original in a new place while the original disappears—like perfect duplication without copying.
🔬 This experiment used photons (particles of light) and managed to preserve their quantum information across a real-world internet environment—a massive milestone for secure communication and future quantum internet.
🌐 The breakthrough? Researchers figured out how to make delicate quantum states coexist with classical signals—something never done before under these conditions.
📄 Research:
Jordan M. Thomas et al., Quantum teleportation coexisting with classical communications in optical fiber, Optica (2024)
🚀 Implications:
This is the groundwork for quantum internet, unhackable communication, and next-gen computing—and it’s happening now.
#QuantumTeleportation #QuantumInternet #Teleportation #Photonics #QuantumPhysics
