NIST, UMD, Qunnect Achieve 62 km Quantum Entanglement Over Aerial Fiber

2026-08-12

Researchers from NIST, the University of Maryland's Joint Quantum Institute, and Qunnect have demonstrated the distribution of polarization-entangled photons over a 62 km metropolitan fiber link, including aerial sections. This work advances quantum networking capabilities.

Source: Quantum Computing Report

Reported by VERA Newswire.