Quantum teleportation is reaching greater distances, and hopes are high that satellites will be able to use the technology.<\/p>\n
The European Space Agency's Optical Ground Station in the Canary Islands. <\/p>\n
If only we were quantum states, we'd be playing Kirk and Scotty, popping around the universe until the inevitable failure in the transporter circuits. <\/p>\n
European and Canadian scientists are pushing the envelope on quantum teleportation after having succeeded in beaming quantum states across some 90 miles in the Canary Islands. <\/p>\n
The laser-locked telescopes on the islands of La Palma and Tenerife served as transporter rooms, teleporting information about the state of a pair of \"entangled\" particles. <\/p>\n
The entanglement links the particles such that a change in one is registered in the other despite great distances between them. <\/p>\n
Quantum teleportation was first demonstrated in 1997, but distances are growing longer. A Chinese team of researchers also reported teleporting quantum states across a significant distance, 60 miles, in the journal Nature this month. <\/p>\n
While quantum teleportation is subject to the cosmic speed limit, the speed of light, the technology could be harnessed to create satellite communications networks that are super-secure. <\/p>\n
Eavesdropping on such transmissions would instantly alter them, so quantum satellites are being explored as a means to securely send military transmissions or even distribute films. <\/p>\n
\"Our work proves the feasibility of both ground-based and satellite-based free-space quantum teleportation,\" the European authors write. \"Our experiment represents a crucial step toward future quantum networks in space, which require space to ground quantum communication.\" <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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