Realization of Nonlinear Optical Nonreciprocity on a Few-Photon Level Based on Atoms Strongly Coupled to an Asymmetric Cavity

Yang, Pengfei; Xia, Xiuwen; He, Hai; Li, Shaokang; Han, Xing; Zhang, Peng; Li, Gang; Zhang, Pengfei; Xu, Jingping; Yang, Yuchen; Zhang, Tiancai

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.123.233604

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“…Moreover, our approach is experimentally implementable with the state-of-the-art technologies. It offers a new way to develop nonreciprocal quantum devices based on the nonreciprocal magnon blockade, and may find promising applications in chiral quantum technologies [47][48][49][50][51].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…[45] and [46] have proposed to engineer the nonreciprocal photon blockade in a spinning Kerr cavity and the nonreciprocal phonon blockade in a composite spin-phononic system, respectively. In chiral quantum technologies, quantum nonreciprocal devices are crucial elements and have received extensive attention [47][48][49][50][51]. However, up to now, the nonreciprocal magnon blockade has not yet been investigated.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Dissipation-induced nonreciprocal magnon blockade in a magnon-based hybrid system

Wang,

Xiong,

et al. 2021

Preprint

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We propose an experimentally realizable nonreciprocal magnonic device at the single-magnon level by exploiting magnon blockade in a magnon-based hybrid system. The coherent qubit-magnon coupling, mediated by virtual photons in a microwave cavity, leads to the energy-level anharmonicity of the composite modes. In contrast, the corresponding dissipative counterpart, induced by traveling microwaves in a waveguide, yields inhomogeneous broadenings of the energy levels. As a result, the cooperative effects of these two kinds of interactions give rise to the emergence of the directiondependent magnon blockade. We show that this can be demonstrated by studying the equal-time second-order correlation function of the magnon mode. Our study opens an avenue to engineer nonreciprocal magnonic devices in the quantum regime involving only a small number of magnons.

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confidence: 99%

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Dissipation-induced nonreciprocal magnon blockade in a magnon-based hybrid system

Wang,

Xiong,

et al. 2021

Preprint

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“…In the quantum regime on a few‐photon level, the geometry shown in Figure 6a with the coupling rates' asymmetry has been suggested and realized in the study by Yang et al [ 64 ] In this work, a cavity is filled with two‐level atoms supporting quantum nonlinearity (population saturation of the excited state). The atoms have provided the nonlinearity, whereas the difference in the cavity's walls’ transmission coefficients yelled the required asymmetry.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…[ 16–21 ] The examples include dynamic spatiotemporal modulation of parameters, [ 22–25 ] synthetic magnetic field, [ 25–27 ] angular momentum biasing in photonic or acoustic systems, [ 21,28,29 ] nonlinearity, [ 30–33 ] interband photonic transitions, [ 34,35 ] optomechanics, [ 36–40 ] optoacoustics, [ 41,42 ] parity‐time (PT)‐symmetry breaking, [ 43–45 ] unidirectional gain and loss, [ 46–53 ] moving/rotating cavities [ 54–56 ] and emitters, [ 57 ] Doppler‐shift, [ 58 ] chiral light‐matter coupling and valley polarization, [ 59–63 ] and quantum nonlinearity. [ 64–67 ] Furthermore, quantum systems based on superconducting Josephson junctions attract much attention as they hold a great promise for quantum computing. [ 13,65,68–71 ] Nevertheless, magnetic nonreciprocal systems (NSs) continue to develop in relation to new materials (Weyl semimetals [WSs], topological insulators, metasurfaces) and effects.…”

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Up‐And‐Coming Advances in Optical and Microwave Nonreciprocity: From Classical to Quantum Realm

Kutsaev

Krasnok

Romanenko

et al. 2021

Advanced Photonics Research

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Reciprocity is a fundamental physical principle that roots in the time‐reversal symmetry of physical laws. It allows making predictions on any arbitrary complex system's response and operation and hence simplifies the analysis. However, there are many practical situations in which it is advantageous to break reciprocity, e.g., isolators preventing wave scattering back to lasers and generators, full‐duplex systems for multiplexing transmission and receiving in the same channel, nonreciprocal cavity excitation, and protection of fragile states of superconductor quantum computers from thermal noise. The most widespread approach to time‐reversal symmetry breaking and nonreciprocity based on magnetic field biasing suffers from bulkiness, cost ineffectiveness, and loss, motivating researchers and engineers to search for more practical approaches. Herein, the up‐and‐coming advances in optical nonreciprocity, including new materials (Weyl semimetals, topological insulators, metasurfaces), active structures, time‐modulation, parity‐time (PT)‐symmetry breaking, nonlinearity combined with a structural asymmetry, quantum nonlinearity, unidirectional gain and loss, chiral quantum states and valley polarization are overviewed. A general description of nonreciprocal systems is provided and the pros and cons of the mentioned approaches to nonreciprocity are discussed.

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“…Nonreciprocity has been introduced to various fields to give asymmetrical, nonlinear, and/or time non-revisal physical systems 1 – 9 . Optical nonreciprocity has been recently introduced to photonics, optical diodes, and insulators to give nonreciprocal transmissions of light fields 1 – 5 . In addition, nonreciprocity has been introduced to realize mechanical systems with topological characteristics, e.g., nonreciprocal waves 6 , static nonreciprocity 7 , 10 , and nonreciprocal edge states 8 .…”

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Nonreciprocal elasticity and the realization of static and dynamic nonreciprocity

Shaat¹

2020

Sci Rep

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The realization of the mechanical nonreciprocity requires breaking either the time-reversal symmetry or the material deformation symmetry. The time-reversal asymmetry was the commonly adopted approach to realize dynamic nonreciprocity. However, a static nonreciprocity requires—with no any other option—breaking the material deformation symmetry. By virtue of the Maxwell–Betti reciprocal theorem, the achievement of the static nonreciprocity seems to be conditional by the use of a nonlinear material. Here, we further investigate this and demonstrate a novel “nonreciprocal elasticity” concept. We investigated the conditions of the attainment of effective static nonreciprocity. We revealed that the realization of static nonreciprocity requires breaking the material deformation symmetry under the same kinematical and kinetical conditions, which can be achieved only and only if the material exhibits a nonreciprocal elasticity. By means of experimental and topological mechanics, we demonstrate that the realization of static nonreciprocity requires nonreciprocal elasticity no matter what the material is linear or nonlinear. We experimentally demonstrated linear and nonlinear metamaterials with nonreciprocal elasticities. The developed metamaterials were used to demonstrate that nonreciprocal elasticity is essential to realize static nonreciprocal-topological systems. The nonreciprocal elasticity developed here will open new venues of the design of metamaterials that can effectively break the material deformation symmetry and achieve, both, static and dynamic nonreciprocity.

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Realization of Nonlinear Optical Nonreciprocity on a Few-Photon Level Based on Atoms Strongly Coupled to an Asymmetric Cavity

Cited by 89 publications

References 67 publications

Dissipation-induced nonreciprocal magnon blockade in a magnon-based hybrid system

Dissipation-induced nonreciprocal magnon blockade in a magnon-based hybrid system

Up‐And‐Coming Advances in Optical and Microwave Nonreciprocity: From Classical to Quantum Realm

Nonreciprocal elasticity and the realization of static and dynamic nonreciprocity

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