The second published work from QPL is here!
This time, the lab looks towards applications of microwave-optical quantum transducers and their role in generating photonic qubits. Entangled photonic qubits serve as a resource for quantum computation and communication, particularly at optical frequencies where photons are unaffected by thermal noise. Reliable generation of entangled photonic qubits is therefore an important task, yet it poses significant challenges due to the weak non-linearities available at optical frequencies. In a new publication, Trond and Raphaël collaborate with Anton Frisk Kockum to propose an efficient protocol for heralded generation of entangled photonic qubits using quantum microwave-optics transducers and microwave circuits. The proposal introduces a new application for transducers and enables hardware at microwave and optical frequencies to capitalize on the intrinsic strengths of both platforms for quantum computation and communication.
Read the full story in the paper published in Physical Review Applied here!