Quantum data conversion offers a path to scale up quantum technology architectures

https://phys.org/news/2023-02-quantum-conversion-path-scale-technology.html

"integrates best features of networks for more robustness and efficiency... converter preserves fragile encoded quantum signal while changing basis upon which written... hybrid-entangled state between discrete-variable and continuous-variable qubit... single-photon hybrid entanglement made to interfere with input qubit, followed by boosted single-photon detection... output qubit characterized with quantum tomography process to calculate fidelity between input and output qubit"