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Mechanical on-chip microwave circulator

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  • S. Barzanjeh

    (Institute of Science and Technology Austria)

  • M. Wulf

    (Institute of Science and Technology Austria)

  • M. Peruzzo

    (Institute of Science and Technology Austria)

  • M. Kalaee

    (Kavli Nanoscience Institute and Thomas J. Watson, Sr., Laboratory of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology
    Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, California Institute of Technology)

  • P. B. Dieterle

    (Kavli Nanoscience Institute and Thomas J. Watson, Sr., Laboratory of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology
    Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, California Institute of Technology)

  • O. Painter

    (Kavli Nanoscience Institute and Thomas J. Watson, Sr., Laboratory of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology
    Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, California Institute of Technology)

  • J. M. Fink

    (Institute of Science and Technology Austria)

Abstract

Nonreciprocal circuit elements form an integral part of modern measurement and communication systems. Mathematically they require breaking of time-reversal symmetry, typically achieved using magnetic materials and more recently using the quantum Hall effect, parametric permittivity modulation or Josephson nonlinearities. Here we demonstrate an on-chip magnetic-free circulator based on reservoir-engineered electromechanic interactions. Directional circulation is achieved with controlled phase-sensitive interference of six distinct electro-mechanical signal conversion paths. The presented circulator is compact, its silicon-on-insulator platform is compatible with both superconducting qubits and silicon photonics, and its noise performance is close to the quantum limit. With a high dynamic range, a tunable bandwidth of up to 30 MHz and an in situ reconfigurability as beam splitter or wavelength converter, it could pave the way for superconducting qubit processors with multiplexed on-chip signal processing and readout.

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  • S. Barzanjeh & M. Wulf & M. Peruzzo & M. Kalaee & P. B. Dieterle & O. Painter & J. M. Fink, 2017. "Mechanical on-chip microwave circulator," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 8(1), pages 1-7, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:8:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-017-01304-x
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01304-x
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    1. Rishabh Upadhyay & Dmitry S. Golubev & Yu-Cheng Chang & George Thomas & Andrew Guthrie & Joonas T. Peltonen & Jukka P. Pekola, 2024. "Microwave quantum diode," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-9, December.
    2. Elena S. Redchenko & Alexander V. Poshakinskiy & Riya Sett & Martin Žemlička & Alexander N. Poddubny & Johannes M. Fink, 2023. "Tunable directional photon scattering from a pair of superconducting qubits," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-8, December.

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