Propagating quantum microwaves: towards applications in communication and sensing

Mateo Casariego; Emmanuel Zambrini Cruzeiro; Stefano Gherardini; Tasio Gonzalez-Raya; Rui André; Gonçalo Frazão; Giacomo Catto; Mikko Möttönen; Debopam Datta; Klaara Viisanen; Joonas Govenius; Mika Prunnila; Kimmo Tuominen; Maximilian Reichert; Michael Renger; Kirill G. Fedorov; Frank Deppe; Harriet van der Vliet; A. J. Matthews; Yolanda Fernández; R. Assouly; R. Dassonneville; B. Huard; Mikel Sanz; Yasser Omar

doi:10.1088/2058-9565/acc4af

Propagating quantum microwaves: towards applications in communication and sensing

Mateo Casariego^*
, Emmanuel Zambrini Cruzeiro
, Stefano Gherardini
, Tasio Gonzalez-Raya
, Rui André
, Gonçalo Frazão
, Giacomo Catto
, Mikko Möttönen
, Debopam Datta
, Klaara Viisanen
, Joonas Govenius
, Mika Prunnila
, Kimmo Tuominen
, Maximilian Reichert
, Michael Renger
, Kirill G. Fedorov
, Frank Deppe
, Harriet van der Vliet
, A. J. Matthews
, Yolanda Fernández

R. Assouly, R. Dassonneville, B. Huard, Mikel Sanz, Yasser Omar^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Universidade de Lisboa
CeFEMA – Center of Physics and Engineering of Advanced Materials
Instituto de Telecomunicações
National Institute of Optics (CNR-INO)
Portuguese Quantum Institute (PQI)
University of the Basque Country
Aalto University
University of Helsinki
Walther-Meissner-Institut for Low Temperature Research
Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST)
IQM Germany GmbH
Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology
TTI Telecommunications
École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Basque Center for Applied Mathematics (BCAM)
Basque Foundation for Science (Ikerbasque)

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Abstract

The field of propagating quantum microwaves is a relatively new area of research that is receiving increased attention due to its promising technological applications, both in communication and sensing. While formally similar to quantum optics, some key elements required by the aim of having a controllable quantum microwave interface are still on an early stage of development. Here, we argue where and why a fully operative toolbox for propagating quantum microwaves will be needed, pointing to novel directions of research along the way: from microwave quantum key distribution to quantum radar, bath-system learning, or direct dark matter detection. The article therefore functions both as a review of the state-of-the-art, and as an illustration of the wide reach of applications the future of quantum microwaves will open.

Original language	English
Article number	023001
Journal	Quantum Science and Technology
Volume	8
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-9565/acc4af
Publication status	Published - Apr 2023
MoE publication type	A2 Review article in a scientific journal

Funding

The authors thank S Pirandola, and S Gasparinetti for useful discussions, and thank the support from Project QMiCS (820505) of the EU Flagship on Quantum Technologies. M C, E Z C, R A, G F, S G, and Y O thank the support from FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal), namely through Projects UIDB/50008/2020 and UIDB/04540/2020, as well as from Project TheBlinQC supported by the EU H2020 QuantERA ERA-NET Cofund in Quantum Technologies and by FCT (QuantERA/0001/2017). M C acknowledges support from the DP-PMI and FCT through scholarship PD/BD/135186/2017. G F acknowledges support from FCT through scholarship SFRH/BD/145572/2019. T G-R, M R and M S acknowledge financial support from Basque Government QUANTEK Project from ELKARTEK program (KK-2021/00070), Spanish Ramón y Cajal Grant RYC-2020-030503-I, as well as from OpenSuperQ (820363) of the EU Flagship on Quantum Technologies, and the EU FET-Open Projects Quromorphic (828826) and EPIQUS (899368), and IQM Quantum Computers under the Project ‘Generating quantum algorithms and quantum processor optimization’. M R acknowledges support from UPV/EHU PhD Grant PIF21/289. M M and G C acknowledge funding from the European Research Council under Consolidator Grant No. 681311 (QUESS), and from the Academy of Finland through its Centers of Excellence Program (Project Nos. 312300 and 336810) and QEMP Project (319579). M R, K G F, and F D acknowledge support by the German Research Foundation via Germany’s Excellence Strategy (EXC-2111-390814868), the Elite Network of Bavaria through the program ExQM, the EU Flagship Project QMiCS (Grant No. 820505), the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research via the Projects QUARATE (Grant No. 13N15380) and QuaMToMe (Grant No. 16KISQ036), and the State of Bavaria via the Munich Quantum Valley and the Hightech Agenda Bayern Plus.

Keywords

dark matter detection
propagating quantum microwaves
quantum communication
quantum illumination
quantum microwaves
quantum radar
quantum sensing

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Casariego, M., Zambrini Cruzeiro, E., Gherardini, S., Gonzalez-Raya, T., André, R., Frazão, G., Catto, G., Möttönen, M., Datta, D., Viisanen, K., Govenius, J., Prunnila, M., Tuominen, K., Reichert, M., Renger, M., Fedorov, K. G., Deppe, F., van der Vliet, H., Matthews, A. J., ... Omar, Y. (2023). Propagating quantum microwaves: towards applications in communication and sensing. Quantum Science and Technology, 8(2), Article 023001. https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-9565/acc4af

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