Cavity piezo-mechanics for superconducting-nanophotonic quantum interface
Abstract
Abstract 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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- Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- 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)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1635124
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1644639
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0019406; EFMA-1640959; FA9550-14-1-0052; FA9550-15-1-0015; W911NF-18-1-0020
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Nature Communications
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Volume: 11 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; superconducting devices; quantum physics; photonic devices; optomechanics
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Han, Xu, Fu, Wei, Zhong, Changchun, Zou, Chang-Ling, Xu, Yuntao, Sayem, Ayed Al, Xu, Mingrui, Wang, Sihao, Cheng, Risheng, Jiang, Liang, and Tang, Hong X. Cavity piezo-mechanics for superconducting-nanophotonic quantum interface. United Kingdom: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-17053-3.
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. Cavity piezo-mechanics for superconducting-nanophotonic quantum interface. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17053-3
Han, Xu, Fu, Wei, Zhong, Changchun, Zou, Chang-Ling, Xu, Yuntao, Sayem, Ayed Al, Xu, Mingrui, Wang, Sihao, Cheng, Risheng, Jiang, Liang, and Tang, Hong X. Fri .
"Cavity piezo-mechanics for superconducting-nanophotonic quantum interface". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17053-3.
@article{osti_1635124,
title = {Cavity piezo-mechanics for superconducting-nanophotonic quantum interface},
author = {Han, Xu and Fu, Wei and Zhong, Changchun and Zou, Chang-Ling and Xu, Yuntao and Sayem, Ayed Al and Xu, Mingrui and Wang, Sihao and Cheng, Risheng and Jiang, Liang and Tang, Hong X.},
abstractNote = {Abstract 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.},
doi = {10.1038/s41467-020-17053-3},
journal = {Nature Communications},
number = 1,
volume = 11,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}
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Fig. 1: Superconducting cavity piezo-optomechanical system. a A schematic of a 10-GHz mechanical resonator simultaneously coupled with an optical cavity and a superconducting cavity to achieve resonantly enhanced optomechanical and electromechanical interactions at the same time. The superconducting cavity is inductively coupled to a transmission line for microwave signal inputmore »
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