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Quantum cryptography goes wireless

Single entangled photons travel 144 km through the air.

A team of European physicists has successfully transmitted a secure quantum 'key' between two of the Canary Islands, opening the possibility of long-distance, wireless quantum cryptography.

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Posted by Nicola Jones on March 8, 2007 07:00 PM |

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Dear Sir or Madam,

Hereafter you find 2 comments for your consideration:

1) Please could you update the photo to clearly state that this is the optical ground station of the European Space Agency on Tenerife?

2) Please could you also state in the text that this experiment has been performed within the frame of an European Space Agency study?

Thanks and regards
Josep

Posted by: Josep Perdigues | March 14, 2007 06:45 PM

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