---
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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: An optical network of superconducting quantum bits (qubits) is an appealing
    platform for quantum communication and distributed quantum computing, but developing
    a quantum-compatible link between the microwave and optical domains remains an
    outstanding challenge. Operating at T < 100 mK temperatures, as required for quantum
    electrical circuits, we demonstrate a mechanically mediated microwave–optical
    converter with 47% conversion efficiency, and use a classical feed-forward protocol
    to reduce added noise to 38 photons. The feed-forward protocol harnesses our discovery
    that noise emitted from the two converter output ports is strongly correlated
    because both outputs record thermal motion of the same mechanical mode. We also
    discuss a quantum feed-forward protocol that, given high system efficiencies,
    would allow quantum information to be transferred even when thermal phonons enter
    the mechanical element faster than the electro-optic conversion rate.
arxiv: 1
author:
- first_name: Andrew P
  full_name: Higginbotham, Andrew P
  id: 4AD6785A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Higginbotham
  orcid: 0000-0003-2607-2363
- first_name: P. S.
  full_name: Burns, P. S.
  last_name: Burns
- first_name: M. D.
  full_name: Urmey, M. D.
  last_name: Urmey
- first_name: R. W.
  full_name: Peterson, R. W.
  last_name: Peterson
- first_name: N. S.
  full_name: Kampel, N. S.
  last_name: Kampel
- first_name: B. M.
  full_name: Brubaker, B. M.
  last_name: Brubaker
- first_name: G.
  full_name: Smith, G.
  last_name: Smith
- first_name: K. W.
  full_name: Lehnert, K. W.
  last_name: Lehnert
- first_name: C. A.
  full_name: Regal, C. A.
  last_name: Regal
citation:
  ama: Higginbotham AP, Burns PS, Urmey MD, et al. Harnessing electro-optic correlations
    in an efficient mechanical converter. <i>Nature Physics</i>. 2018;14(10):1038-1042.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-018-0210-0">10.1038/s41567-018-0210-0</a>
  apa: Higginbotham, A. P., Burns, P. S., Urmey, M. D., Peterson, R. W., Kampel, N.
    S., Brubaker, B. M., … Regal, C. A. (2018). Harnessing electro-optic correlations
    in an efficient mechanical converter. <i>Nature Physics</i>. Springer Nature.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-018-0210-0">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-018-0210-0</a>
  chicago: Higginbotham, Andrew P, P. S. Burns, M. D. Urmey, R. W. Peterson, N. S.
    Kampel, B. M. Brubaker, G. Smith, K. W. Lehnert, and C. A. Regal. “Harnessing
    Electro-Optic Correlations in an Efficient Mechanical Converter.” <i>Nature Physics</i>.
    Springer Nature, 2018. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-018-0210-0">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-018-0210-0</a>.
  ieee: A. P. Higginbotham <i>et al.</i>, “Harnessing electro-optic correlations in
    an efficient mechanical converter,” <i>Nature Physics</i>, vol. 14, no. 10. Springer
    Nature, pp. 1038–1042, 2018.
  ista: Higginbotham AP, Burns PS, Urmey MD, Peterson RW, Kampel NS, Brubaker BM,
    Smith G, Lehnert KW, Regal CA. 2018. Harnessing electro-optic correlations in
    an efficient mechanical converter. Nature Physics. 14(10), 1038–1042.
  mla: Higginbotham, Andrew P., et al. “Harnessing Electro-Optic Correlations in an
    Efficient Mechanical Converter.” <i>Nature Physics</i>, vol. 14, no. 10, Springer
    Nature, 2018, pp. 1038–42, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-018-0210-0">10.1038/s41567-018-0210-0</a>.
  short: A.P. Higginbotham, P.S. Burns, M.D. Urmey, R.W. Peterson, N.S. Kampel, B.M.
    Brubaker, G. Smith, K.W. Lehnert, C.A. Regal, Nature Physics 14 (2018) 1038–1042.
date_created: 2019-05-03T09:17:20Z
date_published: 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T08:07:15Z
day: '01'
doi: 10.1038/s41567-018-0210-0
extern: '1'
external_id:
  arxiv:
  - '1712.06535'
intvolume: '        14'
issue: '10'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.06535
month: '10'
oa: 1
oa_version: Preprint
page: 1038-1042
publication: Nature Physics
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 1745-2473
  - 1745-2481
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer Nature
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: Harnessing electro-optic correlations in an efficient mechanical converter
type: journal_article
user_id: 3E5EF7F0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 14
year: '2018'
...
---
_id: '7773'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: 'For more than a century, physicists have described real solids in terms of
    perturbations about perfect crystalline order1. Such an approach takes us only
    so far: a glass, another ubiquitous form of rigid matter, cannot be described
    in any meaningful sense as a defected crystal2. Is there an opposite extreme to
    a crystal—a solid with complete disorder—that forms an alternative starting point
    for understanding real materials? Here, we argue that the solid comprising particles
    with finite-ranged interactions at the jamming transition3,4,5 constitutes such
    a limit. It has been shown that the physics associated with this transition can
    be extended to interactions that are long ranged6. We demonstrate that jamming
    physics is not restricted to amorphous systems, but dominates the behaviour of
    solids with surprisingly high order. Just as the free-electron and tight-binding
    models represent two idealized cases from which to understand electronic structure1,
    we identify two extreme limits of mechanical behaviour. Thus, the physics of jamming
    can be set side by side with the physics of crystals to provide an organizing
    structure for understanding the mechanical properties of solids over the entire
    spectrum of disorder.'
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Carl Peter
  full_name: Goodrich, Carl Peter
  id: EB352CD2-F68A-11E9-89C5-A432E6697425
  last_name: Goodrich
  orcid: 0000-0002-1307-5074
- first_name: Andrea J.
  full_name: Liu, Andrea J.
  last_name: Liu
- first_name: Sidney R.
  full_name: Nagel, Sidney R.
  last_name: Nagel
citation:
  ama: Goodrich CP, Liu AJ, Nagel SR. Solids between the mechanical extremes of order
    and disorder. <i>Nature Physics</i>. 2014;10(8):578-581. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys3006">10.1038/nphys3006</a>
  apa: Goodrich, C. P., Liu, A. J., &#38; Nagel, S. R. (2014). Solids between the
    mechanical extremes of order and disorder. <i>Nature Physics</i>. Springer Nature.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys3006">https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys3006</a>
  chicago: Goodrich, Carl Peter, Andrea J. Liu, and Sidney R. Nagel. “Solids between
    the Mechanical Extremes of Order and Disorder.” <i>Nature Physics</i>. Springer
    Nature, 2014. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys3006">https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys3006</a>.
  ieee: C. P. Goodrich, A. J. Liu, and S. R. Nagel, “Solids between the mechanical
    extremes of order and disorder,” <i>Nature Physics</i>, vol. 10, no. 8. Springer
    Nature, pp. 578–581, 2014.
  ista: Goodrich CP, Liu AJ, Nagel SR. 2014. Solids between the mechanical extremes
    of order and disorder. Nature Physics. 10(8), 578–581.
  mla: Goodrich, Carl Peter, et al. “Solids between the Mechanical Extremes of Order
    and Disorder.” <i>Nature Physics</i>, vol. 10, no. 8, Springer Nature, 2014, pp.
    578–81, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys3006">10.1038/nphys3006</a>.
  short: C.P. Goodrich, A.J. Liu, S.R. Nagel, Nature Physics 10 (2014) 578–581.
date_created: 2020-04-30T11:43:29Z
date_published: 2014-07-06T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T08:15:26Z
day: '06'
doi: 10.1038/nphys3006
extern: '1'
intvolume: '        10'
issue: '8'
language:
- iso: eng
month: '07'
oa_version: None
page: 578-581
publication: Nature Physics
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 1745-2473
  - 1745-2481
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer Nature
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: Solids between the mechanical extremes of order and disorder
type: journal_article
user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 10
year: '2014'
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