Stannigel, KaiRabl, PeterSørensen, Anders S.Zoller, PeterLukin, Mikhail2012-07-032010Stannigel, Kai, Peter Rabl, Anders S. Sørensen, Peter Zoller and Mikhail D. Lukin. 2010. Optomechanical Transducers for Long-Distance Quantum Communication. Physical Review Letters 105(22): 220501.0031-90071079-7114http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:8951178We describe a new scheme to interconvert stationary and photonic qubits which is based on indirect qubit-light interactions mediated by a mechanical resonator. This approach does not rely on the specific optical response of the qubit and thereby enables optical quantum interfaces for a wide range of solid state spin and charge based systems. We discuss the implementation of state transfer protocols between distant nodes of a quantum network and show that high transfer fidelities can be achieved under realistic experimental conditions.en-UScavity optomechanicsnoisy channelsstatefieldresonatorsystemdotJournal Article2012-07-0310.1103/PhysRevLett.105.220501