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Prem Kumar

Prem Kumar

Professor of electrical and computer engineering, Northwestern University

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"Quantum signals are very, very tiny compared to classical signals. It's like an ant traveling through a path filled with elephants."

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Quantum internet moves from dedicated labs toward existing fiber

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Senior author of the study; leads follow-on teleportation work

For years, quantum networks needed their own private fiber, sealed off from ordinary internet traffic. Northwestern University just broke that rule. Its team sent entangled photons through 24.4 kilometers of Chicago telecom cable while that same cable carried normal commercial internet data.

Updated 3 hours ago