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Researchers at Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National Laboratory successfully transmitted entangled photons over a 13-mile open-air link, demonstrating a viable method to extend quantum networks beyond the distance limitations of fiber-optic cables. This free-space optical test is a critical step toward integrating wireless segments into existing metropolitan quantum infrastructure, potentially enabling a scalable quantum internet for secure communications and distributed computing.
New York State researchers transmit quantum information 13 miles through open air

Researchers at Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National Laboratory transmitted quantum information through open air across 13 miles, a milestone toward adding wireless links to New York's record-setting quantum communications network. The experiment sent light particles from Stony…
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