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tomonl | 8 years ago

The image is correct. The information is sent over a classical channel, not using entanglement.

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krastanov|8 years ago

While the image is correct, your statement would be a bit misleading to novices:

You can not transfer the state of the qubit over a classical channel. You need both a classical channel and entanglement. Or in other words: a bit can be send over a classical communication channel (by copying it), but to transmit a qubit (which can not be copied due to its quantum nature), you either need to carry the physical qubit over, or use entanglement together with classical communication.

IntronExon|8 years ago

The essence of the issue for many, who seem to equate entanglement with FTL is that a classical channel is required. Without that, you’re just sending noise over your quantum channel.

Plus we get to keep cause and effect ordered, as a little bonus.