QUANTUM TELEPORTATION

It's not matter that travels, but rather information, which transfers properties from the original matter to that of the destination matter. Australian and Chinese scientists have succeeded for the first time in transferring three dimensional quantum states. The two teams of researchers have reported the transmission or teleportation of qutrits, or three dimensional units of information. A possible application of high-dimensional quantum teleportation lies in quantum networks. Scientists envision a future quantum network that is based on higher-dimensional alphabets. These come with the advantage of higher information capacities and also larger resistance to noise. Thus, they are laying the foundation for a future computing network. The team predicts their system will achieve so-called quantum supremacy; the ability to solve problems unattainable by classical computing. They are implementing multi-photon multi- dimensional quantum computing experiments called boson sampling, and in the near future hope to control 30-50 photons to reach this quantum supremacy. Scientists achieved quantum teleportation at a record distance by sending entangled photons from Tibet to the Micius satellite in orbit 870 miles above the Earth.