This is important because if scientists can convert quantum information smoothly between photons, excitons, and electron spins, it would make quantum systems much more versatile and open up new possibilities for building more advanced technologies.
“The long-term vision is, you could potentially build quantum machines or devices that use these three or even all four of these properties: photons to transfer information, electrons to process information through their interactions, magnetism to store information, and phonons to modulate and transduce information to new frequencies,” said Mackillo Kira, one of the study authors.