I-Corps: Quantum hardware package for fully-secure long-distance data transfer

这个I-Corps项目更广泛的影响/商业潜力是将量子通信技术突破转化为现实生活中的应用。这一目标将带来重大的社会和经济影响，因为量子通信有可能彻底改变全球电信行业。在商业上，这一愿景提供了无数的机会，与电信公司、金融公司、国防机构和银行公司等广泛的实体进行互动。据预测，由量子信息处理驱动的先进量子技术将通过实现密码密钥传输的最终安全性，根据量子力学的基本定律，该基本定律便于检测对编码密钥的任何窃听企图。这Corps项目致力于开发必要的便携式模块化硬件，以建立一个受保护的密码网络，对已知的攻击免疫。 该技术旨在克服在数千公里的长距离上运行的主要挑战，以建立城市和国家之间的安全通信网络。该团队已经成功设计和建造了商业化友好的量子设备，包括量子光源，表征单元和量子存储器，旨在以安全通信所需的方式存储和转换量子信息。这些设备在室温下运行，不需要繁琐和昂贵的基础设施，因此可以在实验室外运行。这个量子工具箱目前正在不同的国际地点使用，作为重要功能的测试平台，如纠缠分布，超快操作和卫星通信兼容性。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is to translate quantum communication technological breakthroughs into real-life applications. This goal will bring significant social and economic impacts as quantum communication has the potential to revolutionize the global telecommunication industry. Commercially, this vision provides countless opportunities to interact with a broad spectrum of entities such as telecom companies, financial firms, defense agencies and banking corporations. It is predicted that advanced quantum technologies driven by quantum information processing will revolutionize traditional communication methods by enabling the ultimate security for the transmission of cryptography keys, based on the fundamental laws of quantum mechanics which facilitate detecting any eavesdropping attempt on the encoded key.This I-Corps project is devoted to developing portable modular hardware necessary to build a protected cryptographic network immune to known attacks. This technology is designed to overcome the main challenge of operation over extended distances of thousands of kilometers, as required to establish secure communication networks between cities and countries. The team has successfully designed and built commercialization-friendly quantum devices including quantum light sources, characterization units, and quantum memories aimed to store and transform quantum information in a manner needed for secure communication. These devices are room temperature operational and do not require cumbersome and expensive infrastructure, thus being ready for outside of the laboratory operation. This quantum toolbox is currently being used in different international locations as a test-bed of important capabilities, such as entanglement distribution, ultrafast operations, and satellite communication compatibility.