The start-up company in the field of quantum encryption 'Quant-EL-R' has recorded an achievement in the protection of fiber optic networks
The Hebrew University
January 30, 2020
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QuantLR, recently established at the Hebrew University, announced a significant breakthrough - an experiment that demonstrated for the first time quantum encryption outside controlled laboratories and in field conditions was successful. The company has shown that a low-cost system can be built that encrypts information based on quantum theory principles in noisy and non-ideal everyday conditions.
Quantum computers will be able to hack encrypted transmissions that are today considered immune to hacking, but quantum encryption is likely to precede them. Illustration: pixabay.
Quantum computers will be able to hack encrypted transmissions that are today considered immune to hacking, but quantum encryption is likely to precede them. Illustration: pixabay.
Quantum encryption. Illustration: shutterstock
Quantum encryption. Illustration: shutterstock
About a year after its establishment, the start-up company recorded a significant breakthrough following a successful field experiment conducted at the Hebrew University. Prof. Eisenberg, one of the company's founders, from the Spice Institute of Physics at the Hebrew University: "This is the result of hard work and comprehensive planning." The technology developed by the company is a precedent for low cost and stable compliance with various conditions
QuantLR, recently established at the Hebrew University, a company that develops a product for protecting fiber-based communications networks, announced a significant breakthrough in the middle of last month - an experiment that demonstrated for the first time quantum encryption outside controlled laboratories and field conditions. The company has shown that a low-cost system can be built that encrypts information based on quantum theory principles in noisy and non-ideal everyday conditions.
Such a demonstration is considered a significant milestone towards the deployment of extensive encrypted communication lines at a significantly lower cost (about 90 percent discount) compared to similar technologies sold in the market. About three months ago, Prof. Hagai Eisenberg, a senior researcher at the world-renowned Institute of Physics in Quantum Technologies, founder and partner of Quantum-El-R, who is currently developing methods for securing optical information that will be immune to breakthrough in the age of quantum computing, said: "The quantum we are facing is the ability of such computers to break into the encryption systems that currently protect most e-commerce and secure network activity. I believe our company will be able to offer a product at the tenth price that exists today, .
The demonstration took place on the Edmund J. campus. Safra in Jerusalem was applied to an existing optical fiber that is about three kilometers long, coming out of the communication center of the Hebrew University, headed by Alex Oritsky, and examining its effectiveness. The results of the demonstration, as mentioned, were excellent. Now, the company plans to move to another testing phase that will put the new technology up against a number of diverse tasks. To this end, Quantum-EL-R plans to go out into the field and test the capabilities of the system developed in the application of an array of fiber optics operated by a number of different communications companies in combination with the standard communications equipment they use.
The protocol on which Quantum-EL-R is based is "Quantum Key Distribution Protocol" and "Quantum Key Distribution" (QKD). It is the only established protocol that has been proven to be able to encrypt and protect information in the ultimate way, especially in the new age of quantum computers.
Prof. Eisenberg concluded by saying that "the ability to install this technology quickly and easily is the result of hard work and comprehensive planning." Yanir Farber, CEO and founder of Quantum-El-Ar, emphasized: "We are excited to announce that the round of tests that tested our technology on the optical fibers of the Hebrew University has been successful and large. In fact, this is the first test out of a comprehensive round of tests that will take place in the coming months and will test the encryption capabilities combined with fiber optics and standard equipment. "
https://www.hayadan.org.il/quantlr-3001203
The Hebrew University
January 30, 2020
No comments
QuantLR, recently established at the Hebrew University, announced a significant breakthrough - an experiment that demonstrated for the first time quantum encryption outside controlled laboratories and in field conditions was successful. The company has shown that a low-cost system can be built that encrypts information based on quantum theory principles in noisy and non-ideal everyday conditions.
Quantum computers will be able to hack encrypted transmissions that are today considered immune to hacking, but quantum encryption is likely to precede them. Illustration: pixabay.
Quantum computers will be able to hack encrypted transmissions that are today considered immune to hacking, but quantum encryption is likely to precede them. Illustration: pixabay.
Quantum encryption. Illustration: shutterstock
Quantum encryption. Illustration: shutterstock
About a year after its establishment, the start-up company recorded a significant breakthrough following a successful field experiment conducted at the Hebrew University. Prof. Eisenberg, one of the company's founders, from the Spice Institute of Physics at the Hebrew University: "This is the result of hard work and comprehensive planning." The technology developed by the company is a precedent for low cost and stable compliance with various conditions
QuantLR, recently established at the Hebrew University, a company that develops a product for protecting fiber-based communications networks, announced a significant breakthrough in the middle of last month - an experiment that demonstrated for the first time quantum encryption outside controlled laboratories and field conditions. The company has shown that a low-cost system can be built that encrypts information based on quantum theory principles in noisy and non-ideal everyday conditions.
Such a demonstration is considered a significant milestone towards the deployment of extensive encrypted communication lines at a significantly lower cost (about 90 percent discount) compared to similar technologies sold in the market. About three months ago, Prof. Hagai Eisenberg, a senior researcher at the world-renowned Institute of Physics in Quantum Technologies, founder and partner of Quantum-El-R, who is currently developing methods for securing optical information that will be immune to breakthrough in the age of quantum computing, said: "The quantum we are facing is the ability of such computers to break into the encryption systems that currently protect most e-commerce and secure network activity. I believe our company will be able to offer a product at the tenth price that exists today, .
The demonstration took place on the Edmund J. campus. Safra in Jerusalem was applied to an existing optical fiber that is about three kilometers long, coming out of the communication center of the Hebrew University, headed by Alex Oritsky, and examining its effectiveness. The results of the demonstration, as mentioned, were excellent. Now, the company plans to move to another testing phase that will put the new technology up against a number of diverse tasks. To this end, Quantum-EL-R plans to go out into the field and test the capabilities of the system developed in the application of an array of fiber optics operated by a number of different communications companies in combination with the standard communications equipment they use.
The protocol on which Quantum-EL-R is based is "Quantum Key Distribution Protocol" and "Quantum Key Distribution" (QKD). It is the only established protocol that has been proven to be able to encrypt and protect information in the ultimate way, especially in the new age of quantum computers.
Prof. Eisenberg concluded by saying that "the ability to install this technology quickly and easily is the result of hard work and comprehensive planning." Yanir Farber, CEO and founder of Quantum-El-Ar, emphasized: "We are excited to announce that the round of tests that tested our technology on the optical fibers of the Hebrew University has been successful and large. In fact, this is the first test out of a comprehensive round of tests that will take place in the coming months and will test the encryption capabilities combined with fiber optics and standard equipment. "
https://www.hayadan.org.il/quantlr-3001203
