Phdrinking

In this episode, I dive deep into quantum communication with Sam Whiteley. We talk about unhackable communication networks, the difficultly of setting up a totally quantum system, and where work on quantum communication still has a ways to go. Suggested Readings: Link to a free version of our manuscript, recently accepted by Nature Physics: https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.10996 News & more information about Quantum Communication from Scientific American: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-quantum-internet-has-arrived-and-it-hasn-rsquo-t/ New York Times including interview with Sam's advisor: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/03/technology/quantum-encryption.html Find Sam Whiteley: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samuel-whiteley-43b16686/, https://ime.uchicago.edu/awschalomlab/ Follow me: PhDrinking@gmail.com, @PhDrinking, @SadieWit, www.facebook.com/PhDrinking/ Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing