Bidirectional and efficient conversion between microwave and optical light

RW Andrews, RW Peterson, TP Purdy, K Cicak… - Nature physics, 2014 - nature.com
Converting low-frequency electrical signals into much higher-frequency optical signals has
enabled modern communication networks to leverage the strengths of both microfabricated …

Microwave-optical quantum frequency conversion

X Han, W Fu, CL Zou, L Jiang, HX Tang - Optica, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Photons at microwave and optical frequencies are principal carriers for quantum information.
While microwave photons can be effectively controlled at the local circuit level, optical …

An integrated microwave-to-optics interface for scalable quantum computing

MJ Weaver, P Duivestein, AC Bernasconi… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Microwave-to-optics transduction is emerging as a vital technology for scaling quantum
computers and quantum networks. To establish useful entanglement links between qubit …

Efficient quantum microwave-to-optical conversion using electro-optic nanophotonic coupled resonators

M Soltani, M Zhang, C Ryan, GJ Ribeill, C Wang… - Physical Review A, 2017 - APS
We propose a low-noise, triply resonant, electro-optic (EO) scheme for quantum microwave-
to-optical conversion based on coupled nanophotonics resonators integrated with a …

[HTML][HTML] Quantum-enabled operation of a microwave-optical interface

R Sahu, W Hease, A Rueda, G Arnold, L Qiu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Solid-state microwave systems offer strong interactions for fast quantum logic and sensing
but photons at telecom wavelength are the ideal choice for high-density low-loss quantum …

[HTML][HTML] Microwave-to-optical transduction with erbium ions coupled to planar photonic and superconducting resonators

J Rochman, T Xie, JG Bartholomew… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Optical quantum networks can connect distant quantum processors to enable secure
quantum communication and distributed quantum computing. Superconducting qubits are a …

Control and readout of a superconducting qubit using a photonic link

F Lecocq, F Quinlan, K Cicak, J Aumentado… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Delivering on the revolutionary promise of a universal quantum computer will require
processors with millions of quantum bits (qubits),–. In superconducting quantum processors …

Low-noise amplification and frequency conversion with a multiport microwave optomechanical device

CF Ockeloen-Korppi, E Damskägg, JM Pirkkalainen… - Physical Review X, 2016 - APS
High-gain amplifiers of electromagnetic signals operating near the quantum limit are crucial
for quantum information systems and ultrasensitive quantum measurements. However, the …

An optical-frequency synthesizer using integrated photonics

DT Spencer, T Drake, TC Briles, J Stone, LC Sinclair… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Optical-frequency synthesizers, which generate frequency-stable light from a single
microwave-frequency reference, are revolutionizing ultrafast science and metrology, but …

Cryogenic microwave-to-optical conversion using a triply resonant lithium-niobate-on-sapphire transducer

TP McKenna, JD Witmer, RN Patel, W Jiang… - Optica, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Quantum networks are likely to have a profound impact on the way we compute and
communicate in the future. In order to wire together superconducting quantum processors …