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Chiral spin-phonon bound states and spin-spin interactions with phononic lattices

Xing-Liang Dong, Cai-Peng Shen, Shao-Yan Gao, Hong-Rong Li, Hong Gao, Fu-Li Li, and Peng-Bo Li
Phys. Rev. Research 4, 023077 – Published 27 April 2022

Abstract

Designing unconventional interactions between single phonons and spins is fascinating for its applications in quantum phononics. Here we propose a reliable scheme for coupling spins and phonons in phononic dimer and trimer lattices, with the combination of solid-state defects and diamond phononic (optomechanical) crystals. The dimer and trimer lattices used are an array of coupled phononic cavities with spatially modulated hopping rates. We predict a series of unconventional sound-matter interaction phenomena in this hybrid quantum system. In the dimer lattice we show the formation of chiral spin-phonon bound states and topology-dependent phononic collective radiation. While in the trimer lattice, chiral bound states still exist and the spin relaxation is sublattice dependent. The chiral bound states existing in both types of lattices are robust to a large amount of disorder, which can mediate chiral and robust spin-spin interactions. This work provides a promising platform for phonon-based quantum information processing and quantum simulation.

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  • Received 28 September 2021
  • Revised 11 January 2022
  • Accepted 19 April 2022

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.023077

Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation, and DOI.

Published by the American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Atomic, Molecular & OpticalCondensed Matter, Materials & Applied PhysicsQuantum Information, Science & TechnologyGeneral Physics

Authors & Affiliations

Xing-Liang Dong, Cai-Peng Shen, Shao-Yan Gao, Hong-Rong Li, Hong Gao, Fu-Li Li, and Peng-Bo Li*

  • Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Shaanxi Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Information and Quantum Optoelectronic Devices, School of Physics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China

  • *lipengbo@mail.xjtu.edu.cn

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Vol. 4, Iss. 2 — April - June 2022

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