Scientists Create ‘Building Block’ of Quantum Networks

Presenting the device February 8, in the Institute of Physics and German Physical Society’s New Journal of Physics, it has been described as the “building block of future quantum networks.”

In an optical quantum network, information is carried between points by photons — the basic unit of light. There is a huge potential for this type of network in the field of quantum computing and could enable computers that are millions of times faster at solving certain problems than what we are used to today.