Over­view Artic­le on Quan­tum Com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on published

Quan­tum Com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on com­ple­ments tra­di­tio­nal com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on methods and is con­side­red a key tech­no­lo­gy to ensu­re the secu­ri­ty of infor­ma­ti­on trans­mis­si­on even in the age of powerful Quan­tum Com­pu­ters. Through Quan­tum Key Dis­tri­bu­ti­on (QKD), for exam­p­le, tap-pro­of com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on keys can be gene­ra­ted. At the same time, the tech­no­lo­gy opens up new pos­si­bi­li­ties, such as the con­nec­tion of Quan­tum Com­pu­ters over long distances.

Rese­ar­chers world­wi­de are working on the deve­lo­p­ment and imple­men­ta­ti­on of quan­tum mecha­ni­cal tech­no­lo­gies. Despi­te signi­fi­cant pro­gress in recent years, the path to glo­bal Quan­tum Net­works is still long. Howe­ver, such net­works could not only secu­re clas­si­cal com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on but also link Quan­tum Com­pu­ters and faci­li­ta­te the exch­an­ge bet­ween mul­ti­ple quan­tum tech­no­lo­gi­cal sys­tems.

A review artic­le published in ear­ly May out­lines the fun­da­men­tals, poten­ti­al, and chal­lenges of this ground­brea­king tech­no­lo­gy. It can be found here.

Source refe­rence: https://www.europhysicsnews.org/articles/epn/full_html/2025/02/epn2025562p26/epn2025562p26.html