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$\mathcal{PT}$-assisted control of Goos-H\"anchen shift in cavity magnomechanics

Optics 2025-11-26 v1 Quantum Physics

Abstract

We propose a scheme to manipulate the Goos-H\"{a}nchen shift (GHS) of a reflected probe field in a non-Hermitian cavity magnomechanical system. The platform consists of a yttrium-iron-garnet sphere coupled to a microwave cavity, where a strong microwave drive pumps the magnon mode and a weak field probes the cavity. The traveling field's interaction with the magnon induces gain, yielding non-Hermitian dynamics. When the traveling field is oriented at π/2\pi/2 relative to the cavity's xx-axis, the system realizes PT\mathcal{PT} symmetry; eigenvalue analysis reveals a third-order exceptional point (EP3\mathrm{EP}_3) at a tunable effective magnon-photon coupling. Under balanced gain-loss and finite effective magnomechanical coupling, we demonstrate coherent control of the GHS by steering the system across the PT\mathcal{PT}-symmetric transition and through EP3\mathrm{EP}_3 via the effective magnon-photon coupling, enabling pronounced enhancement or suppression of the lateral shift. Furthermore, we show that without effective magnomechanical coupling, the system exhibits a second-order exceptional point (EP2\mathrm{EP}_2) with a distinct GHS phase transition. This phase transition vanishes when the effective magnomechanical coupling exceeds a parametric threshold, where strong absorption at resonance suppresses the GHS. We also identify the intracavity length as an additional control parameter for precise shift tuning. Notably, the PT\mathcal{PT}-symmetric configuration yields substantially larger GHS than its Hermitian counterpart. These results advance non-Hermitian magnomechanics and open a route to GHS-based microwave components for quantum switching and precision sensing.

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@article{arxiv.2511.20262,
  title  = {$\mathcal{PT}$-assisted control of Goos-H\"anchen shift in cavity magnomechanics},
  author = {Shah Fahad and Gao Xianlong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.20262},
  year   = {2025}
}

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10 pages, 7 figures