Challenges
Datasets
Workspaces
Papers
Discussions
Leaderboard
Log inSign up
Challenges
Datasets
Workspaces
Papers
Discussions
Leaderboard
Blog
Job Board
Q3AS

© 2026 Aqora Quantum S.A.S.

TermsPrivacyLegal Notice

Applied Physics Letters

Nonreciprocal genuine steering of three macroscopic samples in a spinning microwave magnonical system

Wenxue Zhong, Qianjun Zheng, Guangling Cheng, Aixi Chen

Published Sep 25, 2023• 15 citations
Publisher

Abstract

Here, we propose to generate the nonreciprocal macroscopic entanglement and steering of magnon modes from three yttrium iron garnet spheres, which are placed in a spinning microwave resonator damped by a squeezed reservoir. Strikingly, the genuine entanglement and steering among three magnons can be achieved due to the correlation transfer from squeezed microwave to three magnons and the steady-state entanglement and steering show strong robustness against temperature. Furthermore, the nonreciprocal tripartite entanglement and steering are simultaneously existent based on Fizeau light-dragging effect by spinning the resonator at the steady state, which provides an alternative way to manipulate nonreciprocal effects in a cavity magnonical system and may have potential applications in manipulating the macroscopic quantum states of the multipartite system.

DOI
10.1063/5.0166869

Related papers

Nonreciprocal Genuine Microwave Entanglement via Magnon Kerr Nonlinearity

Zongchi Lv, Guangling Cheng, Jiansong Zhang +1 more

We present a utilization of the magnon Kerr effect to generate nonreciprocal genuine microwave entanglement in a hybrid system consisting of a yttrium iron garnet (YIG) sphere and three microwave cavities. Based on the quantum Langevin theory and linearization method under the condition of strong magnon driving, the system dynamics and covariance evolution are deduced and then applied to determinate the quantum correlations. It is found that three microwave cavities entangle with each other at the steady state. The basic root is that the Kerr nonlinearity can not only induce the enhanced parametric amplification of magnon but also cause the magnon frequency shift. Naturally, when the direction of the externally applied bias magnetic field is changed, switching of the magnon Kerr coefficient from positive to negative occurs and nonreciprocal tripartite entanglement among three microwave photons can be achieved. This may provide a fundamental resource for practical applications in quantum information processing and quantum networks.

Photonics•Dec 26, 2025•1 citation

Nonreciprocal microwave-optical entanglement in a magnon-based hybrid system

Qianjun Zheng, Wenxue Zhong, Guangling Cheng +1 more

We propose a theoretical scheme for the generation of nonreciprocal microwave-optical entanglement in a magnon-based hybrid system where an optical photon in a spinning resonator is coupled to a phonon representing the quantum of the mechanical deformation of a yttrium iron garnet crystal via radiation pressure. Meanwhile, the magnon interacts with the phonon and the microwave through the magnetostrictive and magnetic dipole–dipole interactions, respectively. By spinning the resonator, the light driven in opposite directions propagates irreversibly, which leads to the classical nonreciprocity of mean optical photon numbers. Strikingly, the nonreciprocal entanglement between microwave and optical photons can be generated owing to the Fizeau light-dragging effect. Physically, the magnon–phonon entanglement induced by the magnomechanical parametric downconversion interaction is partially transferred to the microwave-optical subsystem through magnon-microwave and optomechanical state-exchange interactions. Moreover, the nonreciprocity of entanglement can be manipulated by properly choosing various system parameters and the ideal nonreciprocal microwave–optical entanglement could be achieved, in which the entanglement depending on the effective optical detuning is present in a chosen direction but disappears in the other direction. Our work could be applied in the multi-task quantum information processing and construction of chiral quantum networks.

Journal of Applied Physics•Feb 22, 2024•10 citations

Kerr nonlinearity-induced nonreciprocal Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen steering in a cavity magnonic system

Shuqi Hu, Jiajun Liu, Guangling Cheng +3 more

Abstract We propose to utilize magnon Kerr nonlinearity to generate and control microwave–microwave Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen (EPR) steering in a cavity magnonic system consisting of two microwave cavities and an yttrium iron garnet (YIG) sphere, where the magnon mode in the YIG sphere is driven by an electromagnetic field. The results show that Kerr nonlinearity of the magnon could not only sensibly induce enhanced entanglement of two microwave fields but also produce asymmetric EPR steering with different ratios of two damping rates and coupling constants. Moreover, it is found that the nonreciprocity of the steady-state EPR steering is obtainable by controlling the sign of the magnon Kerr parameter, which could be tuned from positive to negative by changing the direction of the static magnetic field. The demonstrated nonreciprocal EPR steering is of fundamental interest for the manipulation of quantum states, and may provide potential applications in quantum information tasks.

Laser Physics Letters•Nov 26, 2024•0 citations

Quantum feedback induced genuine magnon–photon–magnon entanglement and steering in a cavity magnonical system

Qianjun Zheng, Wenxue Zhong, Guangling Cheng +1 more

We present an alternative scheme to generate genuine tripartite entanglement and steering among one photon and two magnons in a cavity magnonical system, where two yttrium iron garnet spheres are respectively placed inside two microwave cavities driven by a two-mode squeezed field and subjected to homodyne-measurement feedback. It is found that quantum feedback on two cavities plays a crucial role in enhancing quantum correlations of photons and magnons. In the absence of measurement feedback, only bipartite entanglement between two magnons is existent. In contrast, when the continuous measurement feedback is present, two magnons are strongly entangled and magnon–photon entanglement also appears. More importantly, the stable genuine magnon–photon–magnon tripartite entanglement and steering could be obtained based on the homodyne-measurement feedback on two microwave cavities, which are robust against the thermal fluctuations. The work we present provides a feasible way to manipulate the multipartite quantum correlations including entanglement and steering in hybrid quantum systems.

Results in Physics•Apr 1, 2023•17 citations

Nonreciprocal macroscopic tripartite entanglement in atom-optomagnomechanical system

Qianjun Zheng, Wenxue Zhong, Guangling Cheng +1 more

Abstract We investigate how to generate the nonreciprocal macroscopic tripartite entanglement among the atomic ensemble, ferrimagnetic magnon and mechanical oscillator in a hybrid atom-optomagnomechanical system, where an ensemble of two-level atoms and a yttrium iron garnet micro-bridge supporting the magnon and mechanical modes are placed in a spinning optical resonator driven by a laser field. The phonon being the quantum of the mechanical mode interacts with the magnon and the optical photon via magnetostriction and radiation pressure, respectively, and meanwhile the photon couples to the atomic ensemble. The results show that not only all bipartite entanglements but also the genuine tripartite entanglement among the atomic ensemble, magnon and phonon could be generated at the steady state. Moreover, the nonreciprocity of atom-magnon-phonon entanglement can be obtained with the aid of the optical Sagnac effect by spinning the resonator, in which the entanglement is present in a chosen driving direction but disappears in the other direction. The nonreciprocal macroscopic tripartite entanglement is robust against temperature and could be flexibly controlled by choosing the system parameters. Our work enriches the study of macroscopic multipartite quantum states, which may have potential applications in the development of quantum information storage and the construction of multi-node chiral quantum network.

EPJ Quantum Technology•Jan 29, 2024•15 citations

Nonreciprocal Entanglement in Spinning Cavity Magnomechanical System with Coherent Feedback Loop

Cheng‐Zhi Gao, Guoqing Liu, Nan Wang +2 more

Abstract A scheme is proposed for generating and enhancing stable nonreciprocal entanglement in a spinning cavity magnomechanical system. The key components of this scheme include a ferromagnetic yttrium iron garnet sphere and a whispering gallery mode resonator supporting two counter‐propagating modes. To further optimize the performance of the system, a coherent feedback loop is introduced to reinject the dissipated energy back into the system. This not only provides an additional coupling path for the system but also effectively avoids introducing additional noise caused by measurement. The design significantly enhances both bipartite entanglement and genuine tripartite entanglement. Meanwhile, by spinning the resonator, the cavity modes experience Fizeau drag due to the optical Sagnac effect, thereby achieving nonreciprocal entanglement, which is crucial for applications such as unidirectional quantum communication channels. Additionally, the research demonstrates that even in the presence of backscattering, the entangled state can still recover significantly, highlighting the robustness of entanglement under photon backscattering. This work provides an effective method to enhance and protect quantum resources and holds important application potential for applications in quantum information processing based on magnonics.

Advanced Quantum Technologies•Apr 8, 2025•3 citations
Here, we propose to generate the nonreciprocal macroscopic entanglement and steering of magnon modes from three yttrium iron garnet spheres, which are placed in a spinning microwave resonator damped by a squeezed reservoir. Strikingly, the genuine entanglement and steering among three magnons can be achieved due to the correlation transfer from squeezed microwave to three magnons and the steady-state entanglement and steering show strong robustness against temperature. Furthermore, the nonreciprocal tripartite entanglement and steering are simultaneously existent based on Fizeau light-dragging effect by spinning the resonator at the steady state, which provides an alternative way to manipulate nonreciprocal effects in a cavity magnonical system and may have potential applications in manipulating the macroscopic quantum states of the multipartite system.
We present a utilization of the magnon Kerr effect to generate nonreciprocal genuine microwave entanglement in a hybrid system consisting of a yttrium iron garnet (YIG) sphere and three microwave cavities. Based on the quantum Langevin theory and linearization method under the condition of strong magnon driving, the system dynamics and covariance evolution are deduced and then applied to determinate the quantum correlations. It is found that three microwave cavities entangle with each other at the steady state. The basic root is that the Kerr nonlinearity can not only induce the enhanced parametric amplification of magnon but also cause the magnon frequency shift. Naturally, when the direction of the externally applied bias magnetic field is changed, switching of the magnon Kerr coefficient from positive to negative occurs and nonreciprocal tripartite entanglement among three microwave photons can be achieved. This may provide a fundamental resource for practical applications in quantum information processing and quantum networks.
We propose a theoretical scheme for the generation of nonreciprocal microwave-optical entanglement in a magnon-based hybrid system where an optical photon in a spinning resonator is coupled to a phonon representing the quantum of the mechanical deformation of a yttrium iron garnet crystal via radiation pressure. Meanwhile, the magnon interacts with the phonon and the microwave through the magnetostrictive and magnetic dipole–dipole interactions, respectively. By spinning the resonator, the light driven in opposite directions propagates irreversibly, which leads to the classical nonreciprocity of mean optical photon numbers. Strikingly, the nonreciprocal entanglement between microwave and optical photons can be generated owing to the Fizeau light-dragging effect. Physically, the magnon–phonon entanglement induced by the magnomechanical parametric downconversion interaction is partially transferred to the microwave-optical subsystem through magnon-microwave and optomechanical state-exchange interactions. Moreover, the nonreciprocity of entanglement can be manipulated by properly choosing various system parameters and the ideal nonreciprocal microwave–optical entanglement could be achieved, in which the entanglement depending on the effective optical detuning is present in a chosen direction but disappears in the other direction. Our work could be applied in the multi-task quantum information processing and construction of chiral quantum networks.
Abstract We propose to utilize magnon Kerr nonlinearity to generate and control microwave–microwave Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen (EPR) steering in a cavity magnonic system consisting of two microwave cavities and an yttrium iron garnet (YIG) sphere, where the magnon mode in the YIG sphere is driven by an electromagnetic field. The results show that Kerr nonlinearity of the magnon could not only sensibly induce enhanced entanglement of two microwave fields but also produce asymmetric EPR steering with different ratios of two damping rates and coupling constants. Moreover, it is found that the nonreciprocity of the steady-state EPR steering is obtainable by controlling the sign of the magnon Kerr parameter, which could be tuned from positive to negative by changing the direction of the static magnetic field. The demonstrated nonreciprocal EPR steering is of fundamental interest for the manipulation of quantum states, and may provide potential applications in quantum information tasks.
We present an alternative scheme to generate genuine tripartite entanglement and steering among one photon and two magnons in a cavity magnonical system, where two yttrium iron garnet spheres are respectively placed inside two microwave cavities driven by a two-mode squeezed field and subjected to homodyne-measurement feedback. It is found that quantum feedback on two cavities plays a crucial role in enhancing quantum correlations of photons and magnons. In the absence of measurement feedback, only bipartite entanglement between two magnons is existent. In contrast, when the continuous measurement feedback is present, two magnons are strongly entangled and magnon–photon entanglement also appears. More importantly, the stable genuine magnon–photon–magnon tripartite entanglement and steering could be obtained based on the homodyne-measurement feedback on two microwave cavities, which are robust against the thermal fluctuations. The work we present provides a feasible way to manipulate the multipartite quantum correlations including entanglement and steering in hybrid quantum systems.
Abstract We investigate how to generate the nonreciprocal macroscopic tripartite entanglement among the atomic ensemble, ferrimagnetic magnon and mechanical oscillator in a hybrid atom-optomagnomechanical system, where an ensemble of two-level atoms and a yttrium iron garnet micro-bridge supporting the magnon and mechanical modes are placed in a spinning optical resonator driven by a laser field. The phonon being the quantum of the mechanical mode interacts with the magnon and the optical photon via magnetostriction and radiation pressure, respectively, and meanwhile the photon couples to the atomic ensemble. The results show that not only all bipartite entanglements but also the genuine tripartite entanglement among the atomic ensemble, magnon and phonon could be generated at the steady state. Moreover, the nonreciprocity of atom-magnon-phonon entanglement can be obtained with the aid of the optical Sagnac effect by spinning the resonator, in which the entanglement is present in a chosen driving direction but disappears in the other direction. The nonreciprocal macroscopic tripartite entanglement is robust against temperature and could be flexibly controlled by choosing the system parameters. Our work enriches the study of macroscopic multipartite quantum states, which may have potential applications in the development of quantum information storage and the construction of multi-node chiral quantum network.
Abstract A scheme is proposed for generating and enhancing stable nonreciprocal entanglement in a spinning cavity magnomechanical system. The key components of this scheme include a ferromagnetic yttrium iron garnet sphere and a whispering gallery mode resonator supporting two counter‐propagating modes. To further optimize the performance of the system, a coherent feedback loop is introduced to reinject the dissipated energy back into the system. This not only provides an additional coupling path for the system but also effectively avoids introducing additional noise caused by measurement. The design significantly enhances both bipartite entanglement and genuine tripartite entanglement. Meanwhile, by spinning the resonator, the cavity modes experience Fizeau drag due to the optical Sagnac effect, thereby achieving nonreciprocal entanglement, which is crucial for applications such as unidirectional quantum communication channels. Additionally, the research demonstrates that even in the presence of backscattering, the entangled state can still recover significantly, highlighting the robustness of entanglement under photon backscattering. This work provides an effective method to enhance and protect quantum resources and holds important application potential for applications in quantum information processing based on magnonics.