Aliro Quantum is stepping up its efforts to develop quantum entanglement-as-a-service, after recently receiving contracts worth up to $100,000 from the U.S. Air Force to enable the distribution of entangled quantum states between nodes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Quantum EaaS connects users of quantum networks with entangled quantum bits, known as qubits, safely over long distances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aliro’s software control plane and simulation technology form the basis for enabling EaaS in today’s quantum networks, the company said. Aliro describes EaaS as “the key technology” for the un-hackable secure networks of today and the quantum internet of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Quantum networks work by entangling photons with information that can be encoded and then teleported through the same telecom fiber in the ground that is currently used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Entanglement enables the teleportation of qubits that transport quantum information securely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To do valuable work, an individual must generate thousands of entangled photon pairs per second, as the entangled photons correspond to the bandwidth of a classical network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thousands or tens of thousands per second can transmit a lot of information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another method for the secure transmission of encryption keys between two locations is Quantum key distribution. Although the keys are transferred using quantum physics, QKD normally does not use entanglement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A quantum network based on EaaS is a general-purpose network, while the network set up for QKD can only be used to distribute these encryption keys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example, secure communication can be done through qubit teleportation in an EaaS network using the same software used in an EaaS network in a data center to connect multiple quantum computers to a cluster. By connecting 10 50-qubit computers, your application gets access to 500 qubits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is important because quantum computers with more qubits can solve larger problems.<\/p>\n\n\n