Fibre optic technology isn’t just limited to high end telecommunications and even NBN (National Broadband Network) these days. In a recent military trial by the US Army, data have successfully been teleported between two points: they teleported data from one data chip to another. It is now being developed to transmit images with the aid of fibre optic technology.
First it was a group of researchers from the Netherland who were able to successfully create the experiment and transport data from one chip to another. However, the US Army researchers did the same thing and they claim that they will be able to use it for sending images either by wireless communication or fibre optics and maybe even via broadband connections even. This breakthrough is the spark that would soon enable a host of advanced telecommunications – the next level of it so to speak.
What role would fibre optics play
As one of the key formats that can be used for this type of emerging technology, many future scenarios can be developed to speed up data transfers through quantum data transmissions. This would be completely secure and cannot be hacked into or intercepted. At this point, the transmission itself becomes an impenetrable network that only serves to replicate the data from point A to point B only.
At first, quantum technology was tested for transmissions using light switches between two fibre optic connections. This was late last year in a university in Vienna. This latest breakthrough was quite an advancement, and now involves teleporting simple data and will soon be applied to sending images in a closed and secured “connection” between two points only, enabling both a fast data transmission and a very secure and uninterceptable method of doing so. The “connection” is theoretical, and only exists at the point when teleporting from one position to another.
Fibre optic networks that are being used for applications such as NBN or high speed broadband internet are not yet as widespread globally. So any developments as to wider use can be seen in the coming next few years. However, the fast improving technology will soon enable more than just simple data to be teleported in the future. The ongoing NBN rollouts have been taking place to replace older copper and phone and data network cables, or to install new connection lines but with the latest National Broadband Network lines.
From here to there… in a split second…
As the connection and networks expand further in the next few years, it will soon lay the foundation for more practical or common uses. Once the technology gets to the point of teleporting more complex and bigger sizes of data, we could see teleportation for multimedia files, instructions, 3D printing blueprints, personal computer files, as well as databases and network resources, direct to a computer, network or a device or gadget interlinked to the receiving network. All this done in mere fractions of what normal NBN downloads are over a broadband fibre optic connection. This further advancement will open new capabilities for fibre optic cable connections at home and companies with bigger networks.
Imagine sending a whole database in one click, as it opens to a remote server from another part of the country or even another country or location halfway around the world. Information and files appear in the same time it takes a single copy and paste from a location to another location, cutting distance, time and speed into mere split second instances.
They have so far teleported light and data, and it might just be a matter of time when it would be possible to teleport actual matter. It might be a rather farfetched, if not impossible (in the future) idea but at rate that the technology is accelerating, it might be the next level of quantum technology. But we are not there yet. But this development makes it easy to imagine where it would lead to next…And whether it would be done wireless or also through fibre optics, well, that remains to be seen.