China successfully sends pairs of entangled photons from space

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For the first time, China has successfully sent pairs of entangled photons from a satellite in orbit to three ground stations in the country each separated by more than 1,200-km, in a major breakthrough that opens up prospects for practical quantum communications. The photon pairs were demonstrated to be still entangled after travelling long distances. […]

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June 16, 2017 at 06:42AM