Teleportation is a lot of science fiction, but scientists are working on teleportation in the real world. They do not teleport people or products. Rather, they are working on quantum teleportation, which could lead to the creation of a very secure and extremely fast quantum internet. As part of the investigation, the team was able to teleport quantum information with high fidelity over a total distance of 44 kilometers, which is 27 miles.
When information came to the other side of the system, it was received with 90 percent accuracy. Scientists note that data fidelity and transmission distance are crucial to building a real quantum internet. The team achieved more than 90 percent fidelity with quantum information sent over the network, sent through an extensive fiber optic network, similar to those that form the backbone of the existing Internet.
Physicists at the project are excited about the results and note that the result is an important achievement in the way of building technology that can define global communication. Quantum technology uses kwbits, which are unmeasured particles that hang in a mixture of possible conditions. Qubits presented to each other’s identity is entangled.
The technology will in fact allow both dice to pick up to seven, no matter how far apart they are. Data in one place immediately reflects the data in another place. Sending each cubicle over 44 kilometers of fiber places a new constraint on how far researchers can send entangled quits and still use them successfully to teleport quantum information.
Researchers from the team say that while this is the first time they can transmit quantum data over such a long distance with accuracy, there are still years of work to make a city-sized quantum network possible. Quantum teleportation has been researched for years.