Up‐and‐coming advances in optical and microwave nonreciprocity: From classical to quantum realm

SV Kutsaev, A Krasnok, SN Romanenko… - Advanced Photonics …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Reciprocity is a fundamental physical principle that roots in the time‐reversal symmetry of
physical laws. It allows making predictions on any arbitrary complex system's response and …

Realization of nonlinear optical nonreciprocity on a few-photon level based on atoms strongly coupled to an asymmetric cavity

P Yang, X **a, H He, S Li, X Han, P Zhang, G Li… - Physical review …, 2019 - APS
Optical nonreciprocity is important in photonic information processing to route the optical
signal or prevent the reverse flow of noise. By adopting the strong nonlinearity associated …

Nonreciprocity realized with quantum nonlinearity

A Rosario Hamann, C Müller, M Jerger, M Zanner… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
Nonreciprocal devices are a key element for signal routing and noise isolation. Rapid
development of quantum technologies has boosted the demand for a new generation of …

Nonreciprocal few-photon routing schemes based on chiral waveguide-emitter couplings

C Gonzalez-Ballestero, E Moreno, FJ Garcia-Vidal… - Physical Review A, 2016 - APS
We demonstrate the possibility of designing efficient, nonreciprocal few-photon devices by
exploiting the chiral coupling between two waveguide modes and a single quantum emitter …

Quantum thermal transistor based on qubit-qutrit coupling

B Guo, T Liu, C Yu - Physical Review E, 2018 - APS
A quantum thermal transistor is designed by the strong coupling between one qubit and one
qutrit which are in contact with three heat baths with different temperatures. The thermal …

Non-Markovian dynamics of a qubit due to single-photon scattering in a waveguide

YLL Fang, F Ciccarello, HU Baranger - New Journal of Physics, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate the open dynamics of a qubit due to scattering of a single photon in an
infinite or semi-infinite waveguide. Through an exact solution of the time-dependent multi …

Tunable single-photon diode by chiral quantum physics

WB Yan, WY Ni, J Zhang, FY Zhang, H Fan - Physical Review A, 2018 - APS
We investigate a single-photon diode realized by a one-dimensional waveguide chirally
coupled to N spatially separated Λ-type three-level emitters. An external laser is introduced …

Multifunctional quantum thermal device utilizing three qubits

B Guo, T Liu, C Yu - Physical Review E, 2019 - APS
Quantum thermal devices which can manage heat as their electronic analogs for the
electronic currents have attracted increasing attention. Here a three-terminal quantum …

Single photon transport in two waveguides chirally coupled by a quantum emitter

MT Cheng, XS Ma, JY Zhang, B Wang - Optics express, 2016 - opg.optica.org
We investigate single photon transport in two waveguides coupled to a two-level quantum
emitter (QE). With the deduced analytical scattering amplitudes, we show that under …

Nonreciprocal total cross section of quantum metasurfaces

N Nefedkin, M Cotrufo, A Alù - Nanophotonics, 2023 - degruyter.com
Nonreciprocity originating from classical interactions among nonlinear scatterers has been
attracting increasing attention in the quantum community, offering a promising tool to control …