Superconducting circuits and microwave signals are good candidates to realize
quantum networks, which are the backbone of quantum computers. We have realized
a quantum node based on a 3D microwave superconducting cavity parametrically
coupled to a transmission line by a Josephson ring modulator. We first
demonstrate the time-controlled capture, storage and retrieval of an optimally
shaped propagating microwave field, with an efficiency as high as 80%. We then
demonstrate a second essential ability, which is the timed-controlled
generation of an entangled state distributed between the node and a microwave
channel.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures. Supplementary information can be downloaded as
the ancillary file her