English
Related papers

Related papers: Nonreciprocal Optomechanical Entanglement against …

200 papers

Photon antibunching in resonance fluorescence - the emission from a single, resonantly driven two-level quantum emitter - is a paradigmatic signature of nonclassical light. Photon entanglement, by contrast, manifests as correlations that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-09 Xin-Xin Hu , Gabriele Maron , Luke Masters , Arno Rauschenbeutel , Jürgen Volz

Non-reciprocal devices, which allow the non-reciprocal signal routing, serve as the fundamental elements in photonic and microwave circuits and are crucial in both classical and quantum information processing. The radiation-pressure-induced…

We propose an all-optical approach to achieve optical nonreciprocity on a chip by quantum squeezing one of two coupled resonator modes. By parametric pumping a nonlinear resonator unidirectionally with a classical coherent field, we squeeze…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-02-25 Lei Tang , Jiangshan Tang , Mingyuan Chen , Franco Nori , Min Xiao , Keyu Xia

We propose how to realize nonreciprocity for a weak input optical field via nonlinearity and synthetic magnetism. We show that the photons transmitting from a linear cavity to a nonlinear cavity (i.e., an asymmetric nonlinear optical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-06 Xun-Wei Xu , Yong Li , Baijun Li , Hui Jing , Ai-Xi Chen

We propose to demonstrate nonreciprocal conversion between microwave and optical photons in an electro-optomechanical system where a microwave mode and an optical mode are coupled indirectly via two non-degenerate mechanical modes. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-02-23 Xun-Wei Xu , Yong Li , Ai-Xi Chen , Yu-xi Liu

We describe a new approach for on-chip optical non-reciprocity which makes use of strong optomechanical interaction in microring resonators. By optically pumping the ring resonator in one direction, the optomechanical coupling is only…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-03-22 Mohammad Hafezi , Peter Rabl

We describe how strong resonant interactions in multimode optomechanical systems can be used to induce controlled nonlinear couplings between single photons and phonons. Combined with linear mapping schemes between photons and phonons,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-07-12 K. Stannigel , P. Komar , S. J. M. Habraken , S. D. Bennett , M. D. Lukin , P. Zoller , P. Rabl

We demonstrate a synthetic Hall effect for light, using an acousto-optically modulated nanophotonic resonator chain. To produce this effect, we simultaneously generate the required synthetic electric field using temporal modulation, and the…

We introduce a fascinating problem of light detection and ranging measurement without necessitating the return of the photon directed towards the target or object. We approach this challenging problem using quantum entanglement - an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-30 Mohit Khurana

Nonreciprocal light propagation is important in many applications, ranging from optical telecommunications to integrated photonics. A simple way to achieve optical nonreciprocity is to use the nonlinear interaction between…

We demonstrate nonreciprocal optical transmission for both intense classical fields and weak quantum signals within a reconfigurable optomechanical platform driven by three-mode parametric interactions. The platform is modular, where each…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-21 Yao Dong , Xin-Yao Huang , Guo-Feng Zhang

We propose a theoretical scheme to generate nonreciprocal bipartite entanglement between a cavity mode and vibrational modes in a molecular cavity optomechanical system. Our system consists of $\mathcal{N}$ molecules placed inside a…

Quantum entanglement plays a key role in both understanding the fundamental aspects of quantum physics and realizing various quantum devices for practical applications. Here we propose how to achieve coherent switch of optomechanical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-02-14 Jing-Xue Liu , Ya-Feng Jiao , Ying Li , Xun-Wei Xu , Qiong-Yi He , Hui Jing

We propose a scheme to achieving simultaneous nonreciprocal unconventional photon blockade in a system of two coupled spining resonators marked by modes a and b, each incorporating an degenerate optical parametric amplifier (DOPA). By…

Optics · Physics 2025-05-16 J. X. Yang , Cheng Shang , Yan-Hui Zhou , H. Z. Shen

The notion of nonreciprocity, in essence when going forwards is different from going backwards, emerges in all branches of physics from cosmology to electromagnetism. Intriguingly, the breakdown of reciprocity is typically associated with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-27 C. A. Downing , T. J. Sturges

Using polarization entangled photon pairs, we demonstrate a robust scheme for quantum illumination and ranging in a lossy environment. Entangled photon pairs are generated in a Sagnac interferometer configuration, yielding high-visibility…

The realization of optical non-reciprocity is crucial for many device applications, and also of fundamental importance for manipulating and protecting the photons with desired time-reversal symmetry. Recently, various new mechanisms of…

Photons, by nature, typically do not exhibit interactions with each other. Creating photon-photon interactions holds immense importance in both fundamental physics and quantum technologies. Currently, such interactions have only been…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-26 Mengdi Zhao , Yunkai Wang , Shanhui Fan , Kejie Fang

Correlations between entangled photons are a key ingredient for testing fundamental aspects of quantum mechanics and an invaluable resource for quantum technologies. However, scattering from a dynamic medium typically scrambles and averages…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-05 Mamoon Safadi , Ohad Lib , Ho-Chun Lin , Chia Wei Hsu , Arthur Goetschy , Yaron Bromberg

Inducing nonreciprocal wave propagation is a fundamental challenge across a wide range of physical systems in electromagnetics, optics, and acoustics. Recent efforts to create nonreciprocal devices have departed from established…