Prof. Dr. Hubert Krenner
University of Augsburg
Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik I

Prof. Galan Moody
University of California, Santa Barbara
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

For future quantum technologies, no individual, isolated approach meets all the stringent criteria for practical applications. Hybrid quantum systems aim to combine complementary strengths of different single systems, while at the same time avoiding individual shortcomings. The main goal of this project is the quantum-acousto-mechanical control of single photonic quantum bits (qubits) by microwave-frequency surface acoustic wave (SAW) phonons, where interactions are governed by electro-optic cavity quantum electrodynamics. Combining the robust and fast photonic qubit generation of quantum dots with the highly coherent and controllable states confined in a SAW cavity may provide transformative insight into the fundamental interaction between single photons and SAW phonons.