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Nonreciprocal entanglement, characterized by inherently robust operation, is a cornerstone for quantum information processing and communications. However, it remains a great challenge to achieve nonreciprocal entanglement characterized by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-03 Lei Huang , Peng-Fei Wang , Jian-Qi Zhang , Xin Zhou , Shuo Zhang , Han-Xiao Zhang , Hong Yang , Dong Yan

Quantum coherence, the ability of a quantum system to be in a superposition of orthogonal quantum states, is a distinct feature of the quantum mechanics, thus marking a deviation from classical physics. Coherence finds its applications in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-18 Najmeh Etehadi Abari , Andrey Rakhubovsky , Radim Filip

An extensively pursued current direction of research in physics aims at the development of practical technologies that exploit the effects of quantum mechanics. As part of this ongoing effort, devices for information processing, secure…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-04-02 G. Kurizki , P. Bertet , Y. Kubo , K. Mølmer , D. Petrosyan , P. Rabl , J. Schmiedmayer

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

Unconventional properties of non-Hermitian systems, such as the existence of exceptional points, have recently been suggested as a resource for sensing. The impact of noise and utility in quantum regimes however remains unclear. In this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-10-18 Hoi-Kwan Lau , Aashish A. Clerk

Quantum nonreciprocity at few-photon level typically requires strong symmetry breaking, posing significant experimental challenges. Here we demonstrate that phase-controlled quantum interference can amplify weak chirality into giant quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-28 Jing Tang , Yuangang Deng

We investigate perfect optical nonreciprocal transmission in a hybrid optomechanical system that incorporates an atomic ensemble. By introducing complex coupling strengths between the atomic ensemble and a mechanical oscillator,…

Quantum computing is poised to redefine the algorithmic foundations of communication systems. While quantum superposition and entanglement enable quadratic or exponential speedups for specific problems, identifying use cases where these…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-10 Naoki Ishikawa , Giuseppe Thadeu Freitas de Abreu , Petar Popovski , Robert W. Heath

We study the quantum interference between different weak signals in a three-port optomechanical system, which is achieved by coupling three cavity modes to the same mechanical mode. If one cavity serves as a control port and is perturbed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-10-20 Lei Du , Yao-Tong Chen , Jin-Hui Wu , Yong Li

Quantum nonreciprocal devices have received extensive attention in recent years because they can be used to realize unidirectional quantum routing and noise isolation. In this work, we show that the shift of resonance frequencies of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-05-10 Xiao-Yu Yao , Hamad Ali , Peng-Bo Li

Nonreciprocal microwave routing plays a crucial role for measuring quantum circuits, and allows for realizing cascaded quantum systems for generating and stabilizing entanglement between non-interacting qubits. The most commonly used tools…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-09 Xi Cao , Abdullah Irfan , Michael Mollenhauer , Kaushik Singirikonda , Wolfgang Pfaff

We propose how to achieve nonreciprocal quantum entanglement of light and motion and reveal its counterintuitive robustness against random losses. We find that by splitting the counterpropagating lights of a spinning resonator via the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-10-07 Ya-Feng Jiao , Sheng-Dian Zhang , Yan-Lei Zhang , Adam Miranowicz , Le-Man Kuang , Hui Jing

Novel categories of electronic devices and quantum materials are obtained by pipelining the unitary evolution of electron quantum states as described by Schroedinger's equation with non-unitary processes that interrupt the coherent…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-03-24 J. Mannhart , H. Boschker , P. Bredol

Cavity optomechanical (COM) sensors, featuring efficient light-motion couplings, have been widely used for ultra sensitive measurements of various physical quantities ranging from displacements to accelerations or weak forces. Previous…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-18 Jie Wang , Qian Zhang , Ya-Feng Jiao , Sheng-Dian Zhang , Tian-Xiang Lu , Zhipeng Li , Cheng-Wei Qiu , Hui Jing

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

We show that specific quantum noise, acting as an open-system reservoir for non-locally entangled atoms, can serve to preserve rather than degrade joint coherence. This creates a new type of long-time control over hiding and recovery of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-12-01 Muhammed Yonac , Joseph H. Eberly

Reciprocity is a universal principle that has a profound impact on many areas of physics. A fundamental phenomenon in condensed-matter physics, optical physics and acoustics, arising from reciprocity, is the constructive interference of…

Optics · Physics 2016-02-24 Y. Bromberg , B. Redding , S. M. Popoff , H. Cao

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

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…

One-way nonreciprocal interactions between two quantum systems are typically described by a cascaded quantum master equation, and rely on an effective breaking of time-reversal symmetry as well as the balancing of coherent and dissipative…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-27 Yu-Xin Wang , Chen Wang , Aashish A. Clerk