Nonreciprocal microwave transmission under the joint mechanism of phase modulation and magnon Kerr nonlinearity effect

doi:10.1007/s11467-022-1203-0

Front. Phys.

2023, Vol. 18

Issue (1) : 12501 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11467-022-1203-0

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Nonreciprocal microwave transmission under the joint mechanism of phase modulation and magnon Kerr nonlinearity effect

Cui Kong¹, Jibing Liu¹(

), Hao Xiong²(

)

¹. College of Physics and Electronic Science, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi 435002, China
². School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

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Abstract

Nonreciprocal microwave devices, in which the transmission of waves is non-symmetric between two ports, are indispensable for the manipulation of information processing and communication. In this work, we show the nonreciprocal microwave transmission in a cavity magnonic system under the joint mechanism of phase modulation and magnon Kerr nonlinearity effect. In contrast to the schemes based on the standard phase modulation or magnon Kerr nonlinearity, we find that the joint mechanism enables the nonreciprocal transmission even at low power and makes us obtain a high nonreciprocal isolation ratio. Moreover, when two microwave modes are coupled to the magnon mode via a different coupling strength, the presented strong nonreciprocal response occurs, and it makes the nonreciprocal transmission manipulating by the magnetic field within a large adjustable range possible, which overcomes narrow operating bandwidths. This study may provide promising opportunities to realize nonreciprocal structures for wave transmission.

Keywords nonreciprocal microwave transmission phase modulation magnon Kerr nonlinearity effect

Corresponding Author(s): Jibing Liu,Hao Xiong

About author:

Tongcan Cui and Yizhe Hou contributed equally to this work.

Issue Date: 20 October 2022

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Cui Kong,Jibing Liu,Hao Xiong. Nonreciprocal microwave transmission under the joint mechanism of phase modulation and magnon Kerr nonlinearity effect[J]. Front. Phys. , 2023, 18(1): 12501.

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Fig.1 (a) Schematic diagram of a superconducting ring resonator which supports two clockwise (

a c w

) and counterclockwise (

a c c w

) rotating microwave modes, and a YIG sphere which is placed in the middle of the ring resonator. (b) Schematic diagram of the linear coupling among the magnon and two microwave modes with the coupling strengths

J

and

g 1, 2

respectively.

κ 1

κ 2

γ m

are respectively dissipation rates of two microwave and magnon modes.

Fig.2 (a) The calculation results of the isolation ratio

I

(dB) vary with the phase

?

and the power

P d

of the control field, where

Δ m = Ω 1, 2 = γ m

. (b) The calculation results of the isolation ratio

I

(dB) vary with the frequency detuning

Ω

and the external magnetic field

H

, where

? = π / 2

P d = 100

mW. The other parameters are

ω m / (2 π) = 10.1

GHz,

κ 1 / (2 π) = 3.8

MHz,

κ 2 = κ 1

γ m / (2 π) = 17.5

MHz,

J / (2 π) = 20

MHz,

g 1 / (2 π) = 41

MHz,

g 2 = g 1

K / κ 1 = 10 ? 10

κ 1, e = 0.5 κ 1

κ 2, e = 0.5 κ 2

γ m, e = 0.5 γ m

Δ 0 = γ m

, which are based on the latest experimental parameters [21, 33].

Fig.3 (a?c) Transmission coefficients

T 21

(blue solid curve) and

T 12

(red dashed curve) are plotted as functions of the frequency detuning

Ω

for different

g 2

and the powers

P d

of the control field. (d) The calculation results of the isolation ratio

I

vary with the frequency detuning

Ω

under different powers

P d

of the control field. We use

? = π / 2

, and the other parameters are the same as in Fig.2.

Fig.4 Transmission coefficients

T 21

(blue solid curve) and

T 12

(red dashed curve) are plotted as functions of the frequency detuning

Ω

under different powers

P d

of the control field. From (a) to (d),

P d

0

mW,

4

mW,

10

mW,

100

mW respectively. We use

? = π / 4

, and the other parameters are the same as in Fig.2.

Fig.5 Transmission coefficients

T 21

(greed solid curve) and

T 12

(purple dashed curve) are plotted as functions of the external magnetic field H under different powers

P d

of the control field. From (a) to (d),

P d

0

mW,

7

mW,

10

mW,

12

mW respectively. We use

? = π / 4

, and the other parameters are the same as in Fig.2.

Fig.6 The isolation ratios

I

of the nonreciprocal microwave transmission are plotted as functions of the external magnetic field

H

under different powers

P d

of the control field and

g 2

. We use

? = π / 4

, and the other parameters are the same as in Fig.2.

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