"Advancing Toward a Functional Quantum Internet: Research Team's Fundamental Breakthrough"

A research team at Stony Brook University has made significant progress towards building a quantum internet testbed by demonstrating a foundational quantum network measurement using room-temperature quantum memories. Their findings, published in npj Quantum Information, show that these memories have identical performance, a crucial feature for building large-scale quantum repeater networks. The team's patented room temperature quantum storage technology is a promising step towards developing viable quantum repeaters and the quantum internet, offering faster and more cost-effective quantum networks.