Nonreciprocal photon blockade in a spinning microwave magnomechanical system through kerr-magnon and optical parametric amplifier

TL;DR

This paper proposes a method to achieve and control nonreciprocal photon blockade in a spinning microwave magnomechanical system using Kerr and optical parametric effects, verified through analytical and numerical methods.

Contribution

It introduces a novel scheme combining Kerr and parametric effects to realize nonreciprocal photon blockade in a spinning system, with detailed analysis of nonclassicality and nonreciprocity.

Findings

Successful demonstration of nonreciprocal photon blockade via analytical and numerical methods.

Identification of the influence of thermal noise and coupling strength on photon blockade.

Characterization of nonclassicality using Mandel parameter and correlation functions.

Abstract

Unconventional quantum antibunching, arising from quantum interference effects, represents a notable form of quantum correlation that has attracted significant attention for its ability to generate high-quality single-quantum sources. In this work, we propose a scheme to achieve and actively control strong photon blockade in a spinning microwave magnomechanical system by leveraging the combined nonlinear effects of Kerr-induced magnon interactions and an optical parametric amplifier. By exploiting the Sagnac-Fizeau shift, we establish nonreciprocal photon blockade and verify this effect through a combination of analytical modelling and numerical simulations. To gain intuitive insight into the underlying nonreciprocity, we approximate the equal-time second-order correlation function using the analytical solution of the Schr\"odinger equation. This analytical result is then compared with the full numerical solution derived from the Lindblad master equation. The influences of thermal noise, the probe field amplitude, and the magnetic-dipole coupling strength are investigated within the constraints of the weak-coupling regime. The system's nonclassicality is characterized using the Mandel parameter, complemented by an analysis of the time evolution of the second-order correlation function. Our work provides a pathway for realizing nonreciprocal photon blockade in a nonlinear spinning microwave magnomechanical system.