New surface acoustic wave techniques could lead to surfing a quantum internet

https://phys.org/news/2024-05-surface-acoustic-techniques-surfing-quantum.html

"pairing light and sound particles to convert qubits to optical fields transmitted long distances... surface acoustic waves: vibrations gliding like waves along materials' exterior... acoustic cavities (echo chambers) strongly couple surface acoustic waves with light... simple to fabricate, small, handle large amounts of power... works on piezoelectrics, which can be electrically controlled, or any material... hybrid quantum computing, spectroscopy, as sensors, and to study condensed matter physics"