China
has decided that Quantum encryption is a standard worth experimenting and
investing in to protect their Telecoms from State sponsored hacking.
To
this end, they've launched Micius, the first Satellite that uses Quantum
teleportation to test the concept as reported in the article “China launches
quantum-enabled satellite Micius”, published 16 August 2016, BBC News.
Quess was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in China's North West early on Tuesday August 16th 2016. The 1,300 pounds is called Quess (Quantum Experiments at Space Scale) and is named after the ancient Chinese scientist and philosopher Micius, a Chinese philosopher and scientist who lived in the fifth century B.C.
Check
out the launch below.
The
satellite is experimental as this is the first time that scientists are testing
the idea of sending encrypted data in the form of a light beam. This laser will
transmit the state of two samples of quantum entangled bits whose qubits are
being manipulated to form 1's and 0's standard in Telecommunications
transmission.
I'm
personal thrilled at this test, as the use of quantum entanglement to transmit
qubits is an idea I've mentioned in my blog article
entitled “Kavli
Institute of Nanoscience demonstrates Quantum Teleportation – Super-cooled Diamonds
demonstrate faster-than-light potential for Computing and Telecommunications”.
The
quantum entangle state of the atoms being transmitted by the Micius Satellite
is the quantum state of the qubits, will be received and decoded by the other
sample at base stations in China and Austria.
The beauty of this type of encryption is that any attempt to intercept changes the quantum state being observed, indicating that someone is tapping the data.
Quantum
Telecommunications is coming - Near Light speed Fiber Optic Waveguides
This
would solve the problem of transmitting encryption keys securely, effectively
making satellite communications and telecoms unhackable. But what has me
hopeful is that this technology can be brought down to Earth be combined with
the development of near light speed encrypted Fiber Optics Data Transmission.
The
idea is to combine Quantum Communications with hollow Fiber optic cables
developed by University of Southampton in the UK which are effectively
waveguides that allow light to achieve speeds close to light as reported in the
article “Researchers
create hollow fiber optic cable, almost reach the speed of light”, 26 March
2013 by Myriam Joire, Engadget.
Because the waveguides are hollow, not only does the UV (ultraviolet Light) move faster, but it also can carry the quantum states of entangles atoms, making detection of spice attempts by intruder nearly impossible.
Quantum
Telecommunications would also make Laser Radio Technology Networks more
secure. Laser Radio Technology Networks
more secure are a free space technology based on lasers to communicate in much
the same way Fiber Optic Cables operate as described in my blog article
entitled “@AOptix
testing Laser Radio Technology Networks - How Laser based FTTH Networks
delivers Broadband to Communities in the Last Mile”.
Quantum Communications could also be used to make secure FTTH (Fiber to the Home Networks) without Fiber Optics. More importantly, it would also add an encryption layer to Li-Fi, which is looking more and more to be a part of the 5G roadmap as explained in my Geezam blog article entitled “5G Networks with Renewable Energy, Fiber Optic Waveguides and AI”.
Quantum
Communications which will definitely be a part of 5G Networks in the future as
Optical Processors are already in the works thanks to researchers at the University of California Berkeley and MIT
(Massachusetts of Technology) as explained in my blog article
entitled “Why
@UCBerkeley and @MIT Optical Processor means Li-Fi and 5G Wireless by 2020”.
Albeit
the Chinese have beaten the world by testing this tech first, it will eventually
have to come down to Earth if it is to be practically applicable.
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