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Addressing the scalability limits of single quantum processor, their work introduces a novel modification to the "state carving" technique. While traditional state carving offers high-quality atom-photon links, it is hindered by a 50% failure rate. The team’s new protocol solves this efficiency bottleneck, achieving near-perfect success(unit probability) and creating entanglement with 99.9% fidelity, all without requiring sophisticated, high-quality optical cavities. This advancement provides the practical, high-efficiency interconnects necessary for modular quantum computing and a future Quantum Internet.

The research team of Dr. Hsiang-Hua Jen, Dr. Ying-Cheng Chen, Dr. Shayne Bennetts, Dr. Sumit Goswami and Cheng-Hsuan Chien at IAMS, Academia Sinica, together with international collaborators, conducted this study. The research was supported by Academia Sinica and National Science and Technology Council. The study was published on February 6, 2026, in Physical Review Letters.