A new class of hybrid systems that couple optical, electrical and mechanical degrees of
freedom in nanoscale devices is under development in laboratories worldwide. These nano …

Radio-frequency communication systems have long used bulk-and surface-acoustic-wave
devices supporting ultrasonic mechanical waves to manipulate and sense signals. These …

We present a comprehensive architectural analysis for a proposed fault-tolerant quantum
computer based on cat codes concatenated with outer quantum error-correcting codes. For …

Precisely engineered mechanical oscillators keep time, filter signals and sense motion,
making them an indispensable part of the technological landscape of today. These unique …

The quantum nature of an oscillating mechanical object is anything but apparent. The
coherent states that describe the classical motion of a mechanical oscillator do not have a …

Optomechanical systems offer new opportunities in quantum information processing and
quantum sensing. Many solid-state quantum devices operate at millikelvin temperatures …

Electrically actuated optomechanical resonators provide a route to quantum-coherent,
bidirectional conversion of microwave and optical photons. Such devices could enable …

Fingerprint analysis is a ubiquitous tool for pattern recognition with applications spanning
from geolocation and DNA analysis to facial recognition and forensic identification. Central …

Demonstrating a device that efficiently connects light, motion, and microwaves is an
outstanding challenge in classical and quantum photonics. We make significant progress in …

Encoding logical quantum information in harmonic oscillator modes is a promising and
hardware-efficient approach to the realization of a quantum computer. In this work, we …