Quantum Communication Speeds Up Nearly Five Times ⚡ экспресс
The quantum internet just got a boost. Physicists made two ions 'feel' each other almost five times faster by sending light through ten temporal channels at once — like a multi-lane highway for photons. This is the first such trick with ion traps, and it promises to make quantum networks much faster, bringing us closer to the era of secure communication and ultra-powerful distributed computing.
🎯 Without the ten-channel trick, entangling two charged atoms over a kilometer-long fiber would take minutes — about as long as it takes to brew a cup of coffee. Now it all happens in the time it takes you to blink.
🎬 The idea of instantaneous communication via entanglement underpins the plot of Liu Cixin's novel 'Through the Stars', where the heroes attempt to communicate with deep space without delay.