The experiment then transferred the quantum state of the atoms, their qubit, onto a photon, constituting information transfer from matter to light and showing how a quantum memory might output a bit.

• 实验里还将原子的量子态（量子位元）传送给一个光子，这种将讯息由物质传送给光的资讯传送方式，显示了量子记忆体如何输出一个位元。