Cavity piezo-mechanics for superconducting-nanophotonic quantum interface

Han, Xu; Fu, Wei; Zhong, Changchun; Zou, Chang-Ling; Xu, Yuntao; Sayem, Ayed Al; Xu, Mingrui; Wang, Sihao; Cheng, Risheng; Jiang, Liang; Tang, Hong X.

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-17053-3

Title: Cavity piezo-mechanics for superconducting-nanophotonic quantum interface

Journal Article · 26 June 2020 · Nature Communications

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17053-3 · OSTI ID:1635124

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Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States). Dept. of Applied Physics. Yale Quantum Inst.
Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering. Yale Quantum Inst.

Hybrid quantum systems are essential for the realization of distributed quantum networks. In particular, piezo-mechanics operating at typical superconducting qubit frequencies features low thermal excitations, and offers an appealing platform to bridge superconducting quantum processors and optical telecommunication channels. However, integrating superconducting and optomechanical elements at cryogenic temperatures with sufficiently strong interactions remains a tremendous challenge. Here, we report an integrated superconducting cavity piezo-optomechanical platform where 10 GHz phonons are resonantly coupled with photons in a superconducting cavity and a nanophotonic cavity at the same time. Taking advantage of the large piezo-mechanical cooperativity (C_em ~7) and the enhanced optomechanical coupling boosted by a pulsed optical pump, we demonstrate coherent interactions at cryogenic temperatures via the observation of efficient microwave-optical photon conversion. This hybrid interface makes a substantial step towards quantum communication at large scale, as well as novel explorations in microwave-optical photon entanglement and quantum sensing mediated by gigahertz phonons.

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Research Organization:: Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF); US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); US Army Research Office (ARO)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0019406; EFMA-1640959; FA9550-14-1-0052; FA9550-15-1-0015; W911NF-18-1-0020

OSTI ID:: 1635124

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1644639

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Vol. 11, Issue 1; ISSN 2041-1723

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