Quantum Internet

About Quantum Internet

• It is a theorized and much sought-after network of interconnected quantum computers that will allow people to send, compute, and receive information using quantum technology.
• A quantum internet would be a network of quantum computers, sensors, and communication devices that will create, process, and transmit quantum states and entanglement.
• It is anticipated to enhance society's internet system and provide certain services and securities that the current internet does not have.
• The purpose of the quantum internet is not to replace the internet we know today, but to instead create a co-existent network that can be used to solve specific types of problems.
• Working
  • Quantum computers use fundamental units of information similar to the bits used in classical computing. These are called “qubits.”
  • However, unlike conventional computer bits—which convey information as a 0 or 1—qubits convey information through a combination of quantum states, which are unique conditions found only on the subatomic scale.
  • Qubits are not either 0 or 1, but rather both and neither, in a quantum phenomenon called superposition.

Q1) What is Quantum mechanics?

It is a subfield of physics that describes the behavior of particles — atoms, electrons, photons and almost everything in the molecular and submolecular realm. Developed during the first half of the 20th century, the results of quantum mechanics are often extremely strange and counterintuitive.

Source: Research team takes a fundamental step toward a functioning quantum internet