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A Real-World Experiment in Chicago's Suburbs Achieves 'Quantum Entanglement' across a 52-Mile Fiber Network--an Important Step in Developing a National 'Quantum Internet'
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(OPEN):
A REAL-WORLD EXPERIMENT NEAR CHICAGO HAS ACHIEVED "QUANTUM
ENTANGLEMENT", ACROSS A 52-MILE FIBER-"LOOP" THAT RUNS ALONG ROADS AND THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE
CITY'S SOUTHWEST-SUBURBS. THE "QUANTUM LOOP"--FUNDED BY THE "U-S DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY", AND SPEARHEADED BY BOTH "ARGONNE NATIONAL
LABORATORY" AND THE "UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO"--HAS JUST RUN ITS FIRST SUCCESSFUL
"ENTANGLEMENT"-EXPERIMENTS. IT'S AMONG THE LONGEST LAND-BASED
"QUANTUM NETWORKS" IN THE NATION--AND COULD BE A PRECURSOR FOR THE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED
"QUANTUM INTERNET". DOCTOR DAVID AWSCHALOM ["AH-SHAW-LOM"] HEADS THE PROJECT...
(AWSCHALOM):
"IN THE 'QUANTUM
WORLD', PARTICLES CAN BECOME 'ENTANGLED'--SHARING INFORMATION EVEN THOUGH
THEY'RE IN VASTLY DIFFERENT LOCATIONS--A PHENOMENON OF NATURE [THAT] WE CAN USE TO TRANSFER INFORMATION, AND CREATE SECURE COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS."
(BRIDGE):
"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
UNDER-SECRETARY, PAUL DABBAR ["DUH-BAR"], SAYS THAT THIS COULD HAVE HUGE IMPLICATIONS FOR
AMERICA'S FUTURE...
(DABBAR):
"MUCH LIKE THE CONTINUED IMPACT AND APPLICATIONS THAT RELY ON THE CURRENT INTERNET, A
'QUANTUM INTERNET' COULD HAVE [A] PROFOUND IMPACT ON SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY--AS WELL AS THE SECURITY OF OUR NATION'S ENERGY, BUSINESS, AND ECONOMY."
(BRIDGE):
WHILE "QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY" HOLDS A GREAT DEAL OF PROMISE, IT'S MOSTLY THEORETICAL RIGHT NOW.
THIS PROJECT, THOUGH, EXPANDS THE LABORATORY INTO THE GREATER
CHICAGO-AREA. PAUL KEARNS IS THE DIRECTOR OF "ARGONNE"...
(KEARNS):
"AN EXCITING PART OF THIS EXPERIMENT IS THAT IT TAKES PLACE OUTSIDE OF THE LAB, AND MOVES INTO THE REAL
WORLD--WHERE THERE ARE TEMPERATURE-CHANGES AND VIBRATIONS AND NOISE THAT CAN DISRUPT COMMUNICATIONS.
THIS WILL GIVE VALUABLE INSIGHTS INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF CREATING A NATIONAL
'QUANTUM INTERNET'."
(CLOSE):
"ARGONNE" PLANS TO SCALE THIS
NETWORK--BY DEVELOPING A TWO-WAY "QUANTUM LINK", WITH NEARBY "FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR
LABORATORY". SUCH A LINK COULD HELP LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR A LABORATORY-LED, CROSS-COUNTRY
"QUANTUM INTERNET". THIS EXPERIMENT IS THE LATEST FROM MEMBERS OF THE
"CHICAGO QUANTUM EXCHANGE"--A NATIONAL LEADER IN
"QUANTUM INFORMATION-SCIENCE". TO LEARN MORE, VISIT "A-N-L"-DOT-GOV.
