QuTech, Delft University of Technology, Post Office Box 5046, 2600 GA Delft, Netherlands.
Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Post Office Box 5046, 2600 GA Delft, Netherlands.
Science. 2018 Oct 19;362(6412). doi: 10.1126/science.aam9288.
The internet-a vast network that enables simultaneous long-range classical communication-has had a revolutionary impact on our world. The vision of a quantum internet is to fundamentally enhance internet technology by enabling quantum communication between any two points on Earth. Such a quantum internet may operate in parallel to the internet that we have today and connect quantum processors in order to achieve capabilities that are provably impossible by using only classical means. Here, we propose stages of development toward a full-blown quantum internet and highlight experimental and theoretical progress needed to attain them.
互联网是一个庞大的网络，它实现了远距离的经典通信，对我们的世界产生了革命性的影响。量子互联网的愿景是通过实现地球上任意两点之间的量子通信，从根本上增强互联网技术。这样的量子互联网可能会与我们今天拥有的互联网并行运行，并连接量子处理器，以实现仅使用经典手段无法实现的功能。在这里，我们提出了向完全成熟的量子互联网发展的各个阶段，并强调了实现这些阶段所需的实验和理论进展。
