<p>An interface between microwave and optical photons offers the potential to network remote superconducting quantum processors. To preserve fragile quantum states, a microwave-to-optical transducer must operate efficiently in the quantum-enabled regime by generating less than one photon of noise referred to its input. Here we achieve these criteria using an integrated electro-optomechanical device made from crystalline silicon. Our platform eliminates the need for heterogeneous integration with piezoelectric materials by utilizing electrostatic actuation of gigahertz-frequency nanomechanical oscillators. Leveraging the ultra-low mechanical dissipation in silicon, our microwave-to-optical transducers achieve below one photon of input-referred added noise (<i>n</i><sub>add</sub> = 0.58) under continuous-wave laser drives. This demonstration of continuous quantum-enabled microwave-to-optical transduction improves the upconversion rate by about two orders of magnitude beyond the state of the art (<i>R</i> = 0.47–1.9 kHz). The increased transduction rate and scalable fabrication of our devices may facilitate near-term use of transducers in distributed quantum computers and quantum networks.</p>

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Quantum-enabled microwave-to-optical transduction via silicon nanomechanics

  • Han Zhao,
  • William David Chen,
  • Abhishek Kejriwal,
  • Mohammad Mirhosseini

摘要

An interface between microwave and optical photons offers the potential to network remote superconducting quantum processors. To preserve fragile quantum states, a microwave-to-optical transducer must operate efficiently in the quantum-enabled regime by generating less than one photon of noise referred to its input. Here we achieve these criteria using an integrated electro-optomechanical device made from crystalline silicon. Our platform eliminates the need for heterogeneous integration with piezoelectric materials by utilizing electrostatic actuation of gigahertz-frequency nanomechanical oscillators. Leveraging the ultra-low mechanical dissipation in silicon, our microwave-to-optical transducers achieve below one photon of input-referred added noise (nadd = 0.58) under continuous-wave laser drives. This demonstration of continuous quantum-enabled microwave-to-optical transduction improves the upconversion rate by about two orders of magnitude beyond the state of the art (R = 0.47–1.9 kHz). The increased transduction rate and scalable fabrication of our devices may facilitate near-term use of transducers in distributed quantum computers and quantum networks.