“Teleportation” in the field of quantum mechanics refers to the process by which a quantum state can be copied from one place to another.
This process is like Shrodinger’s Cat, both alive and dead until you open the box to check. Quantum information simply does not exist until a measurement collapses it into back into classical information, so copying a quantum state literally involves teleporting the information about it from sender to receiver without allowing the box to be opened during the transition.
It’s real, but the jargon is unintuitive.
“Teleportation” in the field of quantum mechanics refers to the process by which a quantum state can be copied from one place to another.
This process is like Shrodinger’s Cat, both alive and dead until you open the box to check. Quantum information simply does not exist until a measurement collapses it into back into classical information, so copying a quantum state literally involves teleporting the information about it from sender to receiver without allowing the box to be opened during the transition.