Entangled Photons 'Teleport' Images Without Sending Data Over Network
Researchers have successfully demonstrated the quantum transport of information in light patterns without physically moving the information. They used a method involving entangled photons and a nonlinear optical detector, which allowed them to overlap a photon sent by the receiver with the information to be transmitted, causing the information to appear at the receiver's end as if it had been teleported there. This approach eliminates the need for the information to travel between the sender and receiver physically, providing a secure and efficient means of transmitting information. The study was published in the journal Nature Communications on December 13 and was conducted by an international team from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Spain.