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Controlling the flow of electromagnetic energy is essential for advancing quantum technologies. We introduce a spatiotemporally modulated superconducting metasurface that exhibits photon-blockade-analogue nonreciprocal absorption. In this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-10 Sajjad Taravati

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

Unconstrained by Lorentz reciprocity, nonreciprocal metasurfaces are uniquely capable of encoding distinctive optical functions on forward- and backward-propagating waves. The nonreciprocal metasurfaces reported to date require external…

Nonreciprocity, characterized by direction-dependent signal propagation, is fundamental to technologies such as isolators, signal routing, and precision sensing. This letter theoretically demonstrates nonreciprocal phonon transport and the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-06 Divya Mishra , Parvendra Kumar

Passive and linear nonreciprocal networks at microwave frequencies hold great promises in enabling new front-end architectures for wireless communication systems. Their nonreciprocity has been achieved by disrupting the time-reversal…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-01-03 Ruochen Lu , John Krol , Liuqing Gao , Songbin Gong

Time-modulated systems have received growing interest in recent years. They allow us to tailor effects, such as frequency conversion, single-direction propagation, etc. For the microwave band, semiconductor elements, such as varactors, are…

Modulation of metasurfaces in time gives rise to several exotic space-time scattering phenomena by violating the reciprocity and generation of higher-order frequency harmonics. We introduce a new design paradigm for time-modulated…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-12-31 Mohammad Mahdi Salary , Samad Jafar-Zanjani , Hossein Mosallaei

Directional transport is obtained in various multimode systems by driving multiple, nonreciprocally-interfering interactions between individual bosonic modes. However, systems sustaining the required number of modes become physically…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-15 Laure Mercier de Lépinay , Caspar F. Ockeloen-Korppi , Daniel Malz , Mika A. Sillanpää

We demonstrate that optomechanical non-reciprocity is equivalent to the anti-resonance, often discussed in the context of coupled driven harmonic oscillators. We show that that suitable phase-difference between the cavity driving fields…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-06-17 Chetan Waghela , Shubhrangshu Dasgupta

Reciprocity is a fundamental principle follows the time reversal symmetry of physics. However, many practical applications require breaking time reversal symmetry, hence, are called nonreciprocal. This article aims at discussing time…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-11-30 Swadesh Poddar , Ragib Shakil Rafi , Md. Tanvir Hasan

Photonic nonreciprocal components, such as isolators and circulators, provide highly desirable functionalities for optical circuitry. This motivates the active investigation of mechanisms that break reciprocity, and pose alternatives to…

Optics · Physics 2016-12-06 Freek Ruesink , Mohammad-Ali Miri , Andrea Alù , Ewold Verhagen

Breaking reciprocity in the microwave frequency range will have important implications for modern electronic systems. Since it usually involves bulky biasing magnets or complex spatial-temporal modulations, exploring a lightweight,…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-05-04 Xiaozhen Yang , Erda Wen , Daniel F. Sievenpiper

We propose to construct a nonreciprocal single-photon frequency converter via multiple semi-infinite coupled-resonator waveguides (CRWs). We first demonstrate that the frequency of a single photon can be converted nonreciprocally through…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-12-06 Xun-Wei Xu , Ai-Xi Chen , Yong Li , Yu-xi Liu

Optomechanical systems with parametric coupling between optical (photon) and mechanical (phonon) modes provide a useful platform to realize various magnetic-free nonreciprocal devices, such as isolators, circulators, and directional…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-28 Zhi-Xiang Tang , Xun-Wei Xu

Nonreciprocal electromagnetic devices play an important role in modern optical and microwave technologies. Conventional methods for realizing such systems are incompatible with integrated circuits. With recent advances in integrated…

Nonreciprocity means that the transmission of a signal depends on its direction of propagation. Despite vastly different platforms and underlying working principles, the realisations of nonreciprocal transport in linear, time-independent…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-04-22 Clara C. Wanjura , Jesse J. Slim , Javier del Pino , Matteo Brunelli , Ewold Verhagen , Andreas Nunnenkamp

Nonreciprocity-the ability to transmit signals in one direction while blocking them in the reverse-has become a powerful resource in quantum technologies, enabling directional amplification, routing of quantum information, and topologically…

Resonant photonic nanostructures exhibiting enhanced nonlinear responses and efficient frequency conversion are an emergent platform in nonlinear optics. High-index semiconductor metasurfaces with rapidly tuned high-Q resonances enable a…

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…

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