Lithium niobate photonics: Unlocking the electromagnetic spectrum

A Boes, L Chang, C Langrock, M Yu, M Zhang, Q Lin… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Lithium niobate (LN), first synthesized 70 years ago, has been widely used in diverse
applications ranging from communications to quantum optics. These high-volume …

Integrated photonics on thin-film lithium niobate

D Zhu, L Shao, M Yu, R Cheng, B Desiatov… - Advances in Optics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Lithium niobate (LN), an outstanding and versatile material, has influenced our daily life for
decades—from enabling high-speed optical communications that form the backbone of the …

Hybrid quantum systems with circuit quantum electrodynamics

AA Clerk, KW Lehnert, P Bertet, JR Petta, Y Nakamura - Nature Physics, 2020 - nature.com
The rise of quantum information science has provided new perspectives on quantum
mechanics, as well as a common language for quantum engineering. The focus on platforms …

Remote quantum entanglement between two micromechanical oscillators

R Riedinger, A Wallucks, I Marinković, C Löschnauer… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Entanglement, an essential feature of quantum theory that allows for inseparable quantum
correlations to be shared between distant parties, is a crucial resource for quantum …

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 …

Perspectives on quantum transduction

N Lauk, N Sinclair, S Barzanjeh… - Quantum Science …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Quantum transduction, the process of converting quantum signals from one form of energy to
another, is an important area of quantum science and technology. The present perspective …

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 …

Microwave-to-optics conversion using a mechanical oscillator in its quantum ground state

M Forsch, R Stockill, A Wallucks, I Marinković… - Nature Physics, 2020 - nature.com
Conversion between signals in the microwave and optical domains is of great interest both
for classical telecommunication and for connecting future superconducting quantum …

Aluminum nitride photonic integrated circuits: from piezo-optomechanics to nonlinear optics

X Liu, AW Bruch, HX Tang - Advances in Optics and Photonics, 2023 - opg.optica.org
The commercial success of radio-frequency acoustic filters in wireless communication
systems has launched aluminum nitride (AlN) as one of the most widely used …

Entangling microwaves with light

R Sahu, L Qiu, W Hease, G Arnold, Y Minoguchi… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Quantum entanglement is a key resource in currently developed quantum technologies.
Sharing this fragile property between superconducting microwave circuits and optical or …