Mechanically mediated optical-microwave quantum state transfer by feedback

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2512.05457v1
• Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2025 06:25:35 GMT
• Title: Mechanically mediated optical-microwave quantum state transfer by feedback
• Authors: Max P. Foreman, Jesse J. Slim, Warwick P. Bowen,
• Abstract summary: State transfer between light and microwaves is a key challenge in quantum networks.<n>We show that continuous optical-to-microwave quantum state transfer is possible using measurement-based feedback.<n>We also show that quantum-compatible noise performance is within reach of current experimental capabilities.
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• Abstract: State transfer between light and microwaves is a key challenge in quantum networks. Promising transducers use a mechanical intermediary that couples to both fields via radiation pressure. Such electro-optomechanical devices have achieved high efficiencies, yet require resolved-sideband cavities, and generally compromise in scalability and noise performance. Here, we relax this constraint by extending the protocol of Navarathna et al. that transfers optical quantum information onto a mechanical resonator using a broadband, sideband-unresolved cavity and feedback. Combining this with parametric mechanical-to-microwave conversion, we show that continuous optical-to-microwave quantum state transfer is possible using measurement-based feedback, while all-optical coherent feedback enables bidirectional transfer. To assess the transfer, we introduce the quantum transfer witness $\mathcal{W}_T$, which -- though similar to the input-referred added noise -- also identifies whether a channel is capable of both preserving Gaussian entanglement and outperforming classical transduction schemes. Finally, we show that quantum-compatible noise performance is within reach of current experimental capabilities. Our results unlock a new design space for electro-optomechanical transducers and strengthens their candidacy as scalable quantum links between distant nodes.

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