Could Teleportation Become Reality

Researchers in Germany have come up with a way to teleport information.

16:50 15 March 2016

Researchers in Germany have claimed to have discovered a way to transport information from one place to another using “teleportation”.

 

Dr Alexander Szameit and Dr Marco Ornigotti from the Institute of Applied Physics at the University of Jena, who are both self-confessed Star Trek fans, used a special form of laser beam to teleport properties of solid particles.

 

"Many of the ideas from Star Trek that back then appeared to be revolutionary have become reality," said Szameit.

 

"Doors that open automatically, video telephony or flip phones – all things we have first seen on the starship USS Enterprise."

 

He added: "Within such a system spread across multiple locations, it is possible to transmit information from one location to another without any loss of time," 

 

The process, which is apparently known about for several years, is called quantum teleportation. It works by encoding some information in a particular polarisation direction and transmitting it to the shape of a laser beam.

 

"Just like it did at the starship USS Enterprise, the information is transmitted fully and instantly, without any loss of time," said Szameit.

 

"This makes this kind of information transmission a highly interesting option in telecommunication for instance."