... the feasibility of this was recently demonstrated with a link between China and Austria. China’s Micius satellite is a state-of-the-art quantum receiver and transmitter that has already been exceptional in performing quantum communication. Jian-Wei Pan, China’s “father of quantum”, is masterminding its drive for global leadership in technologies that could change entire industries.

Uncrackable quantum communication is a step closer after Chinese researchers demonstrated a practical way to share security keys over 1,120 kilometres using entangled photons sent and received by satellites. China's Micius satellite, the world's first quantum satellite launched in 2016, was used in a recent study on the entanglement-based distribution of quantum secret keys between two spots on earth.

Uncrackable quantum communication is a step closer after Chinese researchers demonstrated a practical way to share security keys over 1,120 kilometers using entangled photons sent and received by satellites.. The latest research used China’s Micius satellite, the world’s first quantum communication satellite, launched in 2016, to conduct so-called entanglement-based distribution of quantum secret keys – a secure communications method that implements a cryptographic protocol – between two spots on Earth at a rate of 0.12 bits per second. The figure here shows a snap shot of just some of the enabling and underlying technologies, the challenges, and the applications. Given the maturity of some areas of quantum communication, the field has a long history of bringing academia and industry together, with working with a wide range of engineers, and more – it is by necessity a highly multi-disciplinary field. Communication is made possible by the manipulation of the photons, resulting in an instantaneous change in the corresponding photons. The latest research used China’s Micius satellite, the world’s first quantum communication satellite, launched in 2016, to conduct so-called entanglement-based distribution of quantum secret keys – a secure communications method that implements a cryptographic protocol – between two spots on Earth at a rate of 0.12 bits per second. Zeilinger was Pan’s Ph.D. adviser, and they collaborated closely to test and further develop ideas for quantum communication. More specifically, each node of a quantum network consists of quantum processors, which rely on quantum bits, or qubits, instead of classical bits. The addition of encryption is an important step forward in the advancement of a future quantum Internet. Quantum communication encapsulates a vast array or technologies and applications that range from state of the art laboratory experiments to commercial reality. Earlier this year, QuantumHermit featured Pan Jian-wei among the 108 leading influencers in the Quantum industry in 2020. China's Micius satellite, the world's first quantum satellite launched in 2016, was used in a recent study on the entanglement-based distribution of quantum secret keys between two spots on earth. In 2017, a team lead by China’s Jian-Wei Pan did path breaking research where they showed they could transmit pairs of entangled photonsparticles tied … China has just launched the world’s first quantum communications satellite. The man turning China into a quantum superpower.