Nanomechanical coupling between microwave and optical photons

By J. Bochmann, A. Vainsencher, David D. Awschalom, A. Cleland. Nature Physics, 2013

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Colloquium: Strongly interacting photons in one-dimensional continuum (2016, background): “An entirely different approach that has shown promise is to use optomechanical systems, where mechanical vibrations (phonons) in nano- or micro-mechanical systems act as an intermediary between the microwave and optical photons (Andrews et al., 2014; Bochmann et al., 2013; Lin et al., 2010).”
Efficient microwave to optical photon conversion: an electro-optical realization (2016, background): “The highest conversion efficiency so far was reached via electro-optomechanical coupling, where a high-quality mechanical membrane [11,12] or a piezoelectric photonic crystal [13] provide the link between an electronic LC circuit and laser light.”
Quantum internet: A vision for the road ahead (2018, background): “The physics of such a conversion—for instance, by use of mechanical resonators (88, 89) or atomic transitions (90)—is currently being investigated in many laboratories.”
Quantum information processing with superconducting circuits: a review (2016, methodology): “This approach (figure 9) is based on the established optomechanical devices for modulating light [225], and has been investigated experimentally [247].”