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arXiv:1910.03738 · Physical review. B./Physical review. B

Magnon blockade in a hybrid ferromagnet-superconductor quantum system

Zeng‐Xing Liu, Hao Xiong, Ying Wu

Published Oct 17, 2019• 206 citations
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Abstract

The implementation of a single magnon level quantum manipulation is one of the fundamental targets in quantum magnetism with a significant practical relevance for precision metrology, quantum information processing, and quantum simulation. Here we demonstrate theoretically the feasibility of using a hybrid ferromagnet-superconductor quantum system to prepare a single magnon source based on magnon blockade effects. By numerically solving the quantum master equation, we show that the second-order correlation function of the magnon mode depends crucially on the relation between the qubit-magnon coupling strength and the driving detuning, and simultaneously signatures of the magnon blockade appear only under quite stringent conditions of a cryogenic temperature. In addition to providing perception into the quantum phenomena of magnon, the study of magnon blockade effects will help to develop novel technologies for exploring the undiscovered magnon traits at the quantum level and may find applications in designing single magnon emitters.

DOI
10.1103/physrevb.100.134421

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In this work, we study the phenomena of quantum-interference-assisted magnon blockade and magnon antibunching in a weakly interacting hybrid ferromagnet-superconductor system. The magnon excitations in two yttrium iron garnet spheres are indirectly coupled to a superconducting qubit through microwave cavity modes of two mutually perpendicular cavities. We find that when one of the magnon modes is driven by a weak microwave field, the destructive interference between more than two distinct transition pathways restricts the simultaneous excitation of two magnons. We analyze the magnon correlations in the driven magnon mode for the case of zero detunings as well as finite detunings of the magnon modes and the qubit. We show that the magnon antibunching can be tuned by changing the magnon-qubit coupling strength ratio and the driving detuning. Our work proposes a possible scheme that has a significant role in the construction of single magnon generating devices.
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