[HTML][HTML] Bi-directional conversion between microwave and optical frequencies in a piezoelectric optomechanical device

A Vainsencher, KJ Satzinger, GA Peairs… - Applied Physics …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
We describe the principles of design, fabrication, and operation of a piezoelectric
optomechanical crystal with which we demonstrate bi-directional conversion of energy …

Broadband waveguide quantum memory for entangled photons

E Saglamyurek, N Sinclair, J Jin, JA Slater, D Oblak… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
The reversible transfer of quantum states of light into and out of matter constitutes an
important building block for future applications of quantum communication: it will allow the …

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 …

Quantum frequency conversion and single-photon detection with lithium niobate nanophotonic chips

X Wang, X Jiao, B Wang, Y Liu, XP Xie… - npj Quantum …, 2023 - nature.com
The lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI) platform has revolutionized lithium niobate materials,
and a series of quantum photonic chips have exhibited unprecedented performances …

Broadband squeezed microwaves and amplification with a Josephson travelling-wave parametric amplifier

JY Qiu, A Grimsmo, K Peng, B Kannan, B Lienhard… - Nature Physics, 2023 - nature.com
Squeezing of the electromagnetic vacuum is an essential metrological technique used to
reduce quantum noise in applications spanning gravitational wave detection, biological …

Cavity piezo-mechanics for superconducting-nanophotonic quantum interface

X Han, W Fu, C Zhong, CL Zou, Y Xu, AA Sayem… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Hybrid quantum systems are essential for the realization of distributed quantum networks. In
particular, piezo-mechanics operating at typical superconducting qubit frequencies features …

Integrated lithium niobate electro-optic modulators operating at CMOS-compatible voltages

C Wang, M Zhang, X Chen, M Bertrand… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Electro-optic modulators translate high-speed electronic signals into the optical domain and
are critical components in modern telecommunication networks, and microwave-photonic …

Sum-frequency generation in lithium-niobate-on-insulator microdisk via modal phase matching

X Ye, S Liu, Y Chen, Y Zheng, X Chen - Optics Letters, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Whispering-gallery-mode microresonators, one of the most important components of
photonic integrated circuits, have the ability to dramatically boost light–matter interactions. In …

A superconducting thermal switch with ultrahigh impedance for interfacing superconductors to semiconductors

AN McCaughan, VB Verma, SM Buckley… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
A number of current approaches to quantum and neuromorphic computing use
superconductors as the basis of their platform or as a measurement component, and will …

Bidirectional electro-optic wavelength conversion in the quantum ground state

W Hease, A Rueda, R Sahu, M Wulf, G Arnold… - PRX Quantum, 2020 - APS
Microwave photonics lends the advantages of fiber optics to electronic sensing and
communication systems. In contrast to nonlinear optics, electro-optic devices so far require …