Quantum information science is fascinating-pairs of tiny particles can be entangled, and even if physically separated, manipulation of any particle will affect the pair.
A seemingly magical process called telepathy can share information between different distant quantum systems.
, These different systems can be coupled together using quantum processes to form a quantum communication network.
Secure communications, distributed quantum computing and quantum sensing are just some of the potential applications.
, Photo source: Journal “Light: Science & Applications, In the more than three decades of Quantum 2.
0 (a quantum R & D period that covers the development of quantum devices, systems and protocols to generate and use quantum entanglement), the vast majority of experiments have required massive optical systems and specialized alignment schemes, which often span large dedicated optical tables that float pneumatically to avoid the tiniest mechanical vibrations.
, Just as micro-silicon integrated electronics technology has propelled computer processors to evolve from room-scale components of capacitors, tubes and magnets to tiny but powerful microchips, that is, containing millions of components.
(Our modern and “smart” technology is based on this).
quantum components and processes also need to be miniaturized using integrated optical technology, paving the way for large-scale deployment and use of quantum information science, so that it is no longer limited to laboratory-scale experiments, but towards practical applications.
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