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Brookhaven National Laboratory

Brookhaven National Laboratory runs quantum research programs in long-distance entanglement distribution, quantum sensing, and qubit materials characterization. It leads the Co-design Center for Quantum Advantage (C2QA), a DOE-funded collaboration.

AI-written profile · not yet reviewed · 23 August 2026

Headquarters
Upton, New York
Founded
1947
Status
Private
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Coverage

Quantum Zeitgeist

A wireless link builds the nation’s longest quantum network

Brookhaven National Laboratory has added a free-space optical segment to a quantum network connecting it with Stony Brook University and Yale University. The permanent wireless link runs 161 miles across Long Island and the New York metropolitan area and is described as the first of its kind. It gives the existing network a wireless component alongside its fiber infrastructure.

OutlookLikely

A permanent 161-mile free-space link between Brookhaven, Stony Brook, and Yale could allow sustained, calendar-year measurement of photon loss and atmospheric turbulence on entanglement distribution, producing the availability data needed to decide where hybrid fiber/free-space quantum repeaters can be deployed.

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Quantum Computing Report

Brookhaven Lab and Stony Brook Demonstrate First US Free-Space Quantum Network Link Across 13 Miles

Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University demonstrated a free-space quantum network link spanning 13 miles, reported as the first such link in the United States. The work was covered by Quantum Computing Report on August 22, 2026.

OutlookPlausible

This demonstration could enable a metropolitan-scale free-space quantum network testbed connecting Brookhaven, Stony Brook, and other regional nodes within the next two years.

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