{"id":213246,"date":"2025-05-04T17:04:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T22:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/for-the-first-time-ever-researchers-demonstrate-quantum-teleportation-over-fiber-optic-cables"},"modified":"2025-05-04T17:04:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T22:04:19","slug":"for-the-first-time-ever-researchers-demonstrate-quantum-teleportation-over-fiber-optic-cables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/for-the-first-time-ever-researchers-demonstrate-quantum-teleportation-over-fiber-optic-cables","title":{"rendered":"For the first time ever, researchers demonstrate quantum teleportation over fiber-optic cables"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/for-the-first-time-ever-researchers-demonstrate-quantum-teleportation-over-fiber-optic-cables2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scientists are working to send quantum information through existing fiber networks. This shift could save billions in infrastructure costs and speed up the arrival of quantum-powered technologies.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike regular data, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrighterside.news\/post\/historic-discovery-connects-quantum-mechanics-with-gravity\/\">quantum communication<\/a> sends information through single photons. These photons hold fragile quantum states that are easy to disturb. That makes sharing fiber lines with classical Internet traffic a serious technical challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Classical signals, especially those powered by lasers, flood the fiber with light. This generates a kind of noise called inelastic scattering. One type, known as spontaneous Raman scattering, floods the line with stray photons that can drown out the quantum signals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists are working to send quantum information through existing fiber networks. This shift could save billions in infrastructure costs and speed up the arrival of quantum-powered technologies. Unlike regular data, quantum communication sends information through single photons. These photons hold fragile quantum states that are easy to disturb. That makes sharing fiber lines with classical [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[418,1617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-213246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internet","category-quantum-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213246\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}