Quantum Teleportation (Theory)

1993

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Bennett, Brassard, Crepeau, Jozsa, Peres & Wootters' 1993 protocol for transmitting an unknown quantum state using a shared entangled pair plus two classical bits -- the origin of "teleportation" as a serious physics term, not a popularization of an earlier idea (bare term tested completely clean pre-1993 via OpenAlex noise test).

Discovery Velocity

Normalized OpenAlex paper velocity, one point per year.

Originators

Charles H. Bennett
Gilles Brassard
Claude Crepeau
Richard Jozsa
Asher Peres
William K. Wootters

Landmark Paper

W1978553093 ↗

Not retracted (OpenAlex)

Checked 2026-08-30 — interim signal only, see docs/BASIC_ROADMAP.md Phase 10

Lineage

Refined by:

Quantum Teleportation (First Experimental Demonstration) (1997)

Connections

is precursor to Photonic Quantum Computing
basis: reasoned
Photonic Quantum Computing's own anchor year (2001) coincides with Knill, Laflamme & Milburn's (KLM) landmark linear-optics quantum computing proposal -- the scheme that first showed photons could support universal quantum gates despite not naturally interacting with each other. KLM's method worked by teleporting a gate operation (a probabilistic CNOT) onto photon pairs, built directly on Bennett/Brassard/Crepeau/Jozsa/Peres/Wootters' 1993 teleportation protocol. Chronologically clean (1993 theory precedes the 2001 anchor by 8 years), unlike the Adiabatic QC edge on this same innovation family.