Minimal Models for Nonreciprocal Amplification Using Biharmonic Drives
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Metelmann, A.; Kamal, Archana
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We present a generic system of three bosonic modes coupled parametrically with a time-varying coupling modulated by a combination of two pump harmonics, and we show how this system provides the minimal platform for realizing nonreciprocal couplings that can lead to gainless photon circulation, and phase-preserving or phase-sensitive directional amplification. Explicit frequency-dependent calculations within this minimal paradigm highlight the separation of amplification and directionality bandwidths, a feature generic to such schemes. We also study the influence of counterrotating interactions that can adversely affect directionality and the associated bandwidth; we find that these effects can be mitigated by suitably designing the properties of the auxiliary mode that plays the role of an engineered reservoir to the amplification mode space.
Date issued
2017-03Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of ElectronicsJournal
Physical Review Applied
Publisher
American Physical Society
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Kamal, A., and A. Metelmann. “Minimal Models for Nonreciprocal Amplification Using Biharmonic Drives.” Physical Review Applied 7.3 (2017): n. pag. © 2017 American Physical Society
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2331-7019