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Physicists Teleport Quantum State of Photon to Crystal over 25 Kilometers

posted by janrinok on Wednesday September 24 2014, @12:45AM   
from the rest-of-the-person-will-teleport-along-shortly... dept.

AnonTechie writes:

Physicists at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) ( http://cms.unige.ch/gap/quantum/wiki/research:quantum_communication:teleportation ) have succeeded in teleporting the quantum state of a photon to a crystal over 25 kilometres of optical fibre. The experiment, carried out in the laboratory of Professor Nicolas Gisin, constitutes a first, and simply pulverises the previous record of 6 kilometres achieved ten years ago by the same UNIGE team. Passing from light into matter, using teleportation of a photon to a crystal, shows that, in quantum physics, it is not the composition of a particle which is important, but rather its state, since this can exist and persist outside such extreme differences as those which distinguish light from matter.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140921145007.htm

• Awesome Awesome (Score: 4, Funny) by wonkey_monkey on Wednesday September 24 2014, @12:54AM

  by wonkey_monkey (279) on Wednesday September 24 2014, @12:54AM (#97418) Homepage

  In the words of Homer Simpson:

  "Brilliant!

  I have absolutely no idea what's going on."

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• Re:Awesome (Score: 2) by SpockLogic on Wednesday September 24 2014, @12:45PM

  by SpockLogic (2762) on Wednesday September 24 2014, @12:45PM (#97624)

  Beam me up, Scotty.

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