Optomechanical quantum teleportation

Quantum teleportation, the faithful transfer of an unknown input state onto a remote quantum system 1 , is a key component in long-distance quantum communication protocols 2 and distributed quantum computing 3 , 4 . At the same time, high-frequency nano-optomechanical systems 5 hold great promise as nodes in a future quantum network 6 , operating on-chip at low-loss optical telecom wavelengths with long mechanical lifetimes. Recent demonstrations include entanglement between two resonators 7 , a quantum memory 8 and microwave-to-optics transduction 9 – 11 . Despite these successes, quantum teleportation of an optical input state onto a long-lived optomechanical memory is an outstanding challenge. Here we demonstrate quantum teleportation of a polarization-encoded optical input state onto the joint state of a pair of nanomechanical resonators. Our protocol also allows to store and retrieve an arbitrary qubit state onto a dual-rail encoded optomechanical quantum memory. This work demonstrates the full functionality of a single quantum repeater node and presents a key milestone towards applications of optomechanical systems as quantum network nodes.