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Quantum phase modulation with acoustic cavities and quantum dots

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Poolad Imany, Zixuan Wang, Ryan DeCrescent, Robert Boutelle, Corey McDonald, Travis Autry, Samuel Berweger, Pavel Kabos, Sae Woo Nam, Richard Mirin, Kevin L. Silverman

Abstract

Fast, efficient, and low-power modulation of light at microwave frequencies is crucial for chip-scale classical and quantum processing as well as for long-range networks of superconducting quantum processors. A successful approach to bridge the gap between microwave and optical photons has been to use intermediate platforms, such as acoustic waves, that couple efficiently to a variety of quantum systems. Here, we use gigahertz-frequency focusing surface acoustic wave cavities on GaAs that are piezo-electrically coupled to superconducting circuits and parametrically coupled, via strain, to photons scattered from InAs quantum dots. We demonstrate modulation of single photons with a half-wave voltage as low as 44 mV, and subnatural modulation sideband linewidths. These demonstrations pave the way for efficient and low-noise transduction of quantum information between microwave and optical domains.
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Optica
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https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.451418
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Keywords

Quantum transduction, quantum networks, quantum optics, surface acoustic waves, quantum dots
Physics

Citation

Imany, P. , Wang, Z. , DeCrescent, R. , Boutelle, R. , McDonald, C. , Autry, T. , Berweger, S. , Kabos, P. , Nam, S. , Mirin, R. and Silverman, K. (2022), Quantum phase modulation with acoustic cavities and quantum dots, Optica, [online], https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.451418, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=933869 (Accessed October 16, 2025)

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Created April 29, 2022, Updated February 9, 2023
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