Quantum communication moves forward

Researchers at the University of California at Santa Barbara have made a nanomechanical device that can convert electrical quantum signals into optical quantum ones. Although the prototype device currently operates in the classical regime, it could be adapted to work as a quantum transducer in the future………….

http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/54891

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Electro-optomechanical transduction in the piezoelectric crystal