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Los Alamos builds world's first ‘quantum internet’

Peter H. Gwynne

Published Jun 1, 2013• 0 citations

Abstract

Physicists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in the US say they have developed a quantum internet that can transmit data securely over a network containing multiple connections.

DOI: 10.1088/2058-7058/26/06/13

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