UCalgary quantum physicists on team developing systems that would revolutionize computing, communication
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Share this article The new study used state-of-the-art single-photon detectors to measure photons Daniel Oblak
An international research team, including UCalgary quantum physicists, has taken a big step toward building a high-performing, scalable “quantum internet.”
A functional quantum internet would dramatically change the fields of secure communication, data storage, precision sensing and computing.
In such a network, information stored in quantum bits, or qubits (the basic unit of quantum information) is shared, or teleported, over long distances.
“High-fidelity” (high quality) quantum teleportation of photons (elementary particles of light) is essential for secure long-distance communications and a practical quantum internet.
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Dec 14, 2020 “Suhail has been instrumental in everything that we’ve done. He’s always had the physics sharply in focus and done beautiful scientific work, and he has an excellent mind for what the student needs to hear and learn. It takes a master teacher to do that. They don’t call him ‘distinguished professor’ for nothing.” Dr. Marlan O. Scully, Texas A&M physicist and National Academy of Sciences member BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION
Texas A&M University physics professor M. Suhail Zubairy once proposed a scenario to his freshman class: If he were to throw a ball against a wall, common sense tells us that there is no probability it can go through the wall to reach the other side. But by the principles of quantum mechanics, under certain conditions, it is possible.