Recent advances in quantum computing could lead to faster internet, but they are also raising concerns among privacy activists, who warn that quantum computing breakthroughs could put users’ data at risk.
How Quantum Computers Are Breaking the Internet… Starting Now
An international research team recently took a leap toward building a high-performance, scalable “quantum internet.” The team achieved persistent teleportation over long distances via 27 miles of fiber, according to a new paper in the peer-reviewed journal PRX Quantum. A functional quantum internet would dramatically change the fields of secure communications, data storage, and computing.
"In this new study, we demonstrate quantum teleportation of photonic quantum states," said study co-author Daniel Oblak, an assistant professor of physics at the University of Calgary, in a press release. "This work largely meets the technological benchmarks required for a quantum internet system."
The researchers performed the measurements on two teleportation systems built by researchers at Caltech. These quantum network testbeds use advanced solid-state light detectors in a compact fiber-based setup and feature nearly autonomous data acquisition, control, monitoring, synchronization, and analysis.
