Breakthrough in Quantum Entanglement

(China Daily, February 13, 2020)

A Chinese research team has realized entanglement of two quantum memories via fibers over 50 km, making a breakthrough in the field of quantum communication. The successful experiment has laid the foundation for the development of a quantum internet that should enable a number of revolutionary applications such as distributed quantum computing. The experiment was jointly conducted by researchers with the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Jinan Institute of Quantum Technology, and Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The researchers in the experiment with USTC include Pan Jianwei, often dubbed the "Father of Quantum" in China, Bao Xiaohui, and Zhang Qiang.