Quantum squeezing induced optical nonreciprocity

L Tang, J Tang, M Chen, F Nori, M Xiao, K Xia - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
We propose an all-optical approach to achieve optical nonreciprocity on a chip by quantum
squeezing one of two coupled resonator modes. By parametric pumping a χ (2)-nonlinear …

Nonreciprocal optomechanical entanglement against backscattering losses

YF Jiao, SD Zhang, YL Zhang, A Miranowicz… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
We propose how to achieve nonreciprocal quantum entanglement of light and motion and
reveal its counterintuitive robustness against random losses. We find that by splitting the …

Nonreciprocal unconventional photon blockade in a spinning optomechanical system

B Li, R Huang, X Xu, A Miranowicz, H Jing - Photonics Research, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We propose how to achieve quantum nonreciprocity via unconventional photon blockade
(UPB) in a compound device consisting of an optical harmonic resonator and a spinning …

Experimental demonstration of cavity-free optical isolators and optical circulators

EZ Li, DS Ding, YC Yu, MX Dong, L Zeng… - Physical Review …, 2020 - APS
Cavity-free optical nonreciprocity components, which have an inherent strong asymmetric
interaction between the forward-and backward-propagation direction of the probe field, are …

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

P Yang, X Xia, 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 …

Nonreciprocal photon blockade

R Huang, A Miranowicz, JQ Liao, F Nori, H Jing - Physical review letters, 2018 - APS
We propose how to create and manipulate one-way nonclassical light via photon blockade
in rotating nonlinear devices. We refer to this effect as nonreciprocal photon blockade (PB) …

Collision-induced broadband optical nonreciprocity

C Liang, B Liu, AN Xu, X Wen, C Lu, K Xia, MK Tey… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
Optical nonreciprocity is an essential property for a wide range of applications, such as
building nonreciprocal optical devices that include isolators and circulators. The realization …

Tunable nonreciprocal photon correlations induced by directional quantum squeezing

CP Shen, JQ Chen, XF Pan, YM Ren, XL Dong, XL Hei… - Physical Review A, 2023 - APS
We investigate nonreciprocal photon correlations in coupled microring resonators with
directional quantum squeezing (quantum parametric amplification). We show that the …

Phase-controlled asymmetric optomechanical entanglement against optical backscattering

JX Liu, YF Jiao, Y Li, XW Xu, QY He, H Jing - Science China Physics …, 2023 - Springer
Quantum entanglement plays a key role in both understanding the fundamental aspects of
quantum physics and realizing various quantum devices for practical applications. Here we …

Thermal-motion-induced non-reciprocal quantum optical system

S Zhang, Y Hu, G Lin, Y Niu, K Xia, J Gong, S Gong - Nature Photonics, 2018 - nature.com
Magnetic-free optical non-reciprocal components, such as isolators and circulators, are
highly desirable for on-chip optical signal processing, and quantum networks,. However …