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arXiv:2210.00710 · Physical review. B./Physical review. B

Chirality-induced one-way quantum steering between two waveguide-mediated ferrimagnetic microspheres

Huiping Zhan, Lihui Sun, Huatang Tan

Published Sep 29, 2022• 20 citations
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Abstract

One-way quantum steering is of importance for quantum technologies, such as secure quantum teleportation. In this paper, we study the generation of one-way quantum steering between two distant yttrium iron garnet (YIG) microspheres in chiral waveguide electromagnonics. We consider that the magnon mode with the Kerr nonlinearity in each YIG sphere is chirally coupled to left- and right-propagating guided photons in the waveguide. We find that quantum steering between the magnon modes is absent with nonchirality but is present merely in the form of one way (i.e., one-way steering) when the chirality occurs. The maximal achievable steering is obviously improved as the chirality degree increases. We further find that when the waveguide's outputs are subjected to continuous homodyne detection, the steering can be considerably enhanced and asymmetric steering with strong entanglement can also be achieved by tuning the chirality. Our study shows that chirality can be explored to effectively realize one-way quantum steering. Compared to other studies on achieving asymmetric steering via controlling intrinsic dissipation, e.g., cavity loss rates, our scheme merely depends on the chirality enabled via positioning the micromagnets in the waveguide and is continuously adjustable and experimentally more feasible.

DOI
10.1103/physrevb.106.104432

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