The scientists (and science) behind South Africa's first quantum satellite link with China

South Africa and China have successfully established the world’s longest intercontinental ultra-secure quantum satellite link, spanning 12,900 km. Using the Chinese quantum microsatellite Jinan-1, launched into low Earth orbit, this milestone marks the first-ever quantum satellite communication link established in the Southern Hemisphere. Join us for this exciting Science Café Stellenbosch talk with the physicists who made it happen! They are Dr Yaseera Ismail, an experimental physicist in SU's Department of Physics, and Prof. Francesco Petruccione, Director of the National Institute for Theoretical and Computational Sciences (NITheCS), and professor of quantum computing in SU's School for Data Science.

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