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Researchers quantum teleport particle of light six kilometres

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Re: Researchers quantum teleport particle of light six kilometres

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>> Researchers teleport particle of light six kilometres I'm sure they did nothing of the sort. At best they transferred an unknown state of a photon to another photon six kilometers away, then confirmed via measuring both.

In other news, words can mean more than one thing.

Re: Researchers quantum teleport particle of light six kilometres

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The title of the article, while probably not intentional clickbait, is incorrect. Only the quantum state of the photon was "teleported", not the photon itself. The original photon was in fact destroyed, and only the information about its state was transmitted.

Re: Researchers quantum teleport particle of light six kilometres

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Teleportation is not possible. Quantum teleportation is the transmission of the exact state of a photon from one place to another. Still, even this happens at less than the speed of light. Otherwise it would violate causality.

The media plays fast and loose with terminology either out of plain ignorance or the desire to sell a story.

Re: Researchers quantum teleport particle of light six kilometres

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>> Researchers teleport particle of light six kilometres I'm sure they did nothing of the sort. At best they transferred an unknown state of a photon to another photon six kilometers away, then confirmed via measuring both.

In other news, words can mean more than one thing.

True, but that doesn't mean you can use words that fundamentally change the meaning of the sentence and then pass it off as the same thing.

Re: Researchers quantum teleport particle of light six kilometres

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>> Researchers teleport particle of light six kilometres I'm sure they did nothing of the sort. At best they transferred an unknown state of a photon to another photon six kilometers away, then confirmed via measuring both.

In other news, words can mean more than one thing.

Until someone reads them and their meanings collapse. :)

Re: Researchers quantum teleport particle of light six kilometres

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>> Dark fibre, so named because of its composition — a single optical cable with no electronics or network equipment on the alignment — doesn’t interfere with quantum technology Isn't dark fibre either unlit capacity or leased fibres?

It is, but I don't see why it can't have a different meaning for people on a different technical/theoretical area.
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