Quantum phase modulation with acoustic cavities and quantum dots

Published

April 29, 2022

Author(s)

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

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 April 20, 2024)