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Nonreciprocal microwave devices play several critical roles in high-fidelity, quantum-nondemolition (QND) measurement schemes. They separate input from output, impose unidirectional routing of readout signals, and protect the quantum…

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…

Acoustic and elastic metamaterials with time- and space-dependent material properties have received great attention recently as a means to break reciprocity for propagating mechanical waves, achieving greater directional control. One…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-10-06 Benjamin M. Goldsberry , Samuel P. Wallen , Michael R. Haberman

Realization of non-reciprocal devices, such as isolators and circulators, is of fundamental importance in microwave and photonic communication systems. This can be achieved by breaking time-reversal symmetry in the system or exploiting…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-05-01 Junfei Li , Chen Shen , Yangbo Xie , Steven A. Cummer

Circulators and directional amplifiers are crucial non-reciprocal signal routing and processing components involved in microwave readout chains for a variety of applications. They are particularly important in the field of superconducting…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-11-11 K. M. Sliwa , M. Hatridge , A. Narla , S. Shankar , L. Frunzio , R. J. Schoelkopf , M. H. Devoret

In recent years a significant progress has been made in the development of magnet-less nonreciprocity using space-time modulation, both in electromagnetics and acoustics. This approach has so far resulted in a plethora of non-reciprocal…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-06-18 Yakir Hadad , Dimitrios Sounas

Introducing new components and functionalities into quantum devices is critical in advancing state-of-the-art hardware. Here, we propose superconducting diodes (SDs) as a coherent nonreciprocal element in circuit quantum electrodynamics…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-22 Nicolas Dirnegger , Prineha Narang , Arpit Arora

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 present a theoretical and experimental study of superconducting ring resonators as an initial step toward their implementation in superconducting electronics and quantum technologies, with promising applications including superconducting…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-01-16 Zhenyuan Sun , Stafford Withington , Christopher Thomas , Songyuan Zhao

This paper addresses the analysis and design of non-reciprocal filters based on time modulated resonators. We analytically show that time modulating a resonator leads to a set of harmonic resonators composed of the unmodulated lumped…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-02-19 A. Alvarez-Melcon , X. Wu , J. Zang , X. Liu , J. S. Gomez-Diaz

We propose tunable superconducting split-ring resonators (SRRs) employing nonlinear Josephson inductance. A fraction of SRR is replaced by Nb-AlOx-Nb Josephson tunnel junctions connected in parallel and forming a superconducting quantum…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-17 A. Vidiborskiy , V. P. Koshelets , L. V. Filippenko , S. V. Shitov , A. V. Ustinov

Nonreciprocal conversion is essential for protecting sources and enabling unidirectional signal routing in photonic, phononic, electronics, and quantum systems, yet conventional implementations rely on magnetic bias that could be…

Applied Physics · Physics 2026-04-17 Arya G. Pour , Jun Ji , Linbo Shao

Despite fundamentally challenging in integrated (nano)photonics, achieving chip-based light nonreciprocity becomes increasingly urgent in signal processing and optical communications. Because of material incompatibilities in conventional…

Optics · Physics 2025-01-23 Shiyue Hua , Jianming Wen , Xiaoshun Jiang , Qian Hua , Liang Jiang , Min Xiao

We propose and investigate the performance of integrated photonic isolators based on non-reciprocal mode conversion facilitated by unidirectional, traveling acoustic waves. A triply-guided waveguide system on-chip, comprising two optical…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-01-21 Nathan Dostart , Yossef Ehrlichman , Cale Gentry , Miloš Popović

Improving the performance of superconducting qubits and resonators generally results from a combination of materials and fabrication process improvements and design modifications that reduce device sensitivity to residual losses. One…

The recent surge of interest in temporal modulation schemes to induce magnet-free non-reciprocity has inspired several exciting opportunities for photonic technology. Here, we investigate a scheme to realize free-space isolators and highly…

Optics · Physics 2018-03-14 Romain Fleury , Dimitrios L. Sounas , Andrea Alu

Semiconducting diode with nonreciprocal transport effect underlies the cornerstone of contemporary integrated circuits (ICs) technology. Due to isotropic superconducting properties and the lack of breaking of inversion symmetry for…

Conventional circulators are made of magnetic ferrites and suffer from a cumbersome architecture, incompatibility with integrated circuit technology and inability for high frequency applications. To overcome these limitations, here we…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-07-22 Sajjad Taravati , George V. Eleftheriades

We present a design for a superconducting, on-chip circulator composed of dynamically modulated transfer switches and delays. Design goals are set for the multiplexed readout of superconducting qubits. Simulations of the device show that it…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-04-24 Benjamin J. Chapman , Eric I. Rosenthal , K. W. Lehnert

Superconducting traveling-wave parametric amplifiers have emerged as highly promising devices for near-quantum-limited broadband amplification of microwave signals and are essential for high quantum-efficiency microwave readout lines.…