Quantum entanglement will lead to a super-secure Internet

Delft scientists make first ‘on demand’ entanglement link, that could lead to a super-secure internet.

Researchers at QuTech in Delft have succeeded in generating quantum entanglement between two quantum chips faster than the entanglement is lost. Entanglement – once referred to by Einstein as “spooky action” – forms the link that will provide a future quantum internet its power and fundamental security.

Via a novel smart entanglement protocol and careful protection of the entanglement, the scientists led by Prof. Ronald Hanson are the first in the world to deliver such a quantum link ‘on demand’. This opens the door to connect multiple quantum nodes and create the very first quantum network in the world.

They publish their results on 14 June in Nature.

source Delft University of Technology