I had this idea:
Create a stream of quantum-linked photon pairs and split the pairs into 2 different spacial directions (this can be done in the laboratory with current technology). Send both streams into a long, ultra-low-loss fiber optic loop (again, possible with today's technology). Load up each fiber loop with as many (quantum-paired) photons as they can carry (I am talking kiloJoules of energy, here).
Now you can take one of these loops with you some far distance away. To send a message, simply modulate the polarization of the photons in the loop (many commercial products available for this). To receive the message (instantaneously) at the "base" loop, simply observe the bulk changes in polarization (again, possible with current commercial technology).
The only problem with this is there are no lossless fiber optics, polarization modulators, or fiber "Y" connectors, so you might lose your ability to send ANY message at all because you have lost all of your paired photons before you get "far away". That's why I advocated saturating the fiber with paired photons. One thing that would help would be to use photons with energies that the particular fiber would be most transmissive to.
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