An extensively pursued current direction of research in physics aims at the development of
practical technologies that exploit the effects of quantum mechanics. As part of this ongoing …

Quantum information technology based on solid state qubits has created much interest in
converting quantum states from the microwave to the optical domain. Optical photons, unlike …

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 …

Early experiments with transiting circular Rydberg atoms in a superconducting resonator laid
the foundations of modern cavity and circuit quantum electrodynamics, and helped explore …

Converting low-frequency electrical signals into much higher-frequency optical signals has
enabled modern communication networks to leverage the strengths of both microfabricated …

An optical network of superconducting quantum bits (qubits) is an appealing platform for
quantum communication and distributed quantum computing, but developing a quantum …

Leveraging the quantum information-processing ability of superconducting circuits and long-
distance distribution ability of optical photons promises the realization of complex and large …

Linking classical microwave electrical circuits to the optical telecommunication band is at the
core of modern communication. Future quantum information networks will require coherent …

Nonlinear magnonics studies the nonlinear interaction between magnons and other
physical platforms (phonon, photon, qubit, spin texture) to generate novel magnon states for …

We describe a reversible quantum interface between an optical and a microwave field using
a hybrid device based on their common interaction with a micromechanical resonator in a …