The more interesting question may be what innovation was achieved in performing the experiment, mainly I assume, in controlling and measuring the large number

The more interesting question may be what innovation was achieved in performing the experiment, mainly I assume, in controlling and measuring the large number of photons accurately. Hints on those seem to be Fig. 2 [1]. In the spirit of sensationalizing "China" and "supremacy", does anyone know if this technology is relevant to some Star Wars weaponry for example? [1] https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/12/02/science.abe8770/tab-figures-data https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/12/02/scie...