Non-Hermitian magnon-photon interference in an atomic ensemble
arXiv:1811.00307 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.253602
Abstract
The beam-splitter (BS) is one of the most common and important components in modern optics, and lossless BS which features unitary transformation induces Hermitian evolution of light. However, the practical BS based on the conversion between different degree of freedoms are naturally non-Hermitian, as a result of essentially open quantum dynamics. In this work, we experimentally demonstrate a non-Hermitian BS for the interference between traveling photonic and localized magnonic modes. The non-Hermitian magnon-photon BS is achieved by the coherent and incoherent interaction mediated by the excited levels of atoms, which is reconfigurable by adjusting the detuning of excitation. Unconventional correlated interference pattern is observed at the photon and magnon output ports. Our work is potential for extending to single-quantum level to realize interference between a single photon and magnon, which provides an efficient and simple platform for future tests of non-Hermitian quantum physics.
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