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June 17, 2017 08:00 am
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/qKKwh-YvpoI/chinese-satellite-breaks-distance-record-for-quantum-key-exchange
Chinese Satellite Breaks Distance Record For Quantum-Key Exchange
slew writes: Science Magazine reports a team of physicists using the Chinese Micius satellite (launched back in August 2016) have sent quantum-entangled photons from a satellite to ground stations separated by 1200 kilometers, smashing the previous world record. Sending entangled photons through space instead of optical fiber networks with repeaters has long been the dream of those promoting quantum-key exchange for modern cryptography. Don't hold your breath yet, as this is only an experiment. They were only able to recover about 1000 photons out of about 6 billion sent and the two receiving stations were on Tibetan mountains to reduce the amount of air that needed to be traversed. Also the experiment was done at night to minimize interference from the sun. Still, baby steps... Next steps for the program: a bigger satellite for more power and moving to quantum teleportation instead of simple key exchange. The results of the experiment were published in the journal Science.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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