Steering entanglement through exceptional points in non-hermitian cavity magnomechanics

Cavity magnomechanical systems, which coherently couple magnons, photons, and phonons, offer a powerful platform for exploring quantum phenomena and developing hybrid quantum technologies. We study a non-Hermitian cavity magnomechanical system featuring a yttrium iron garnet (YIG) sphere driven by an external magnetic field, where magnons interact with cavity photons via magnetic dipole coupling and with phonons via magnetostrictive forces. Non-Hermiticity is introduced through a traveling optical field that directly excites the YIG sphere, enabling precise control over parity-time (PT) symmetry. Analysis of the eigenfrequency spectrum reveals a third-order exceptional point (EP) that demarcates distinct PT-symmetric phases: a unique configuration with coexisting broken and protected PT-symmetry regimes, tunable via the interplay of the traveling field strength and magnon-photon coupling. We also verify this by measuring the divergence around EP with Petermann Factor. Crucially, the system exhibits stable PT-symmetry only at specific field incidence angles, with instability or broken symmetry dominating elsewhere. Beyond PT-symmetry, we demonstrate robust quantum entanglement among the magnon, photon, and phonon subsystems. The exceptional point serves as a critical boundary, with unbroken and broken PT symmetry phases enabling dynamic entanglement swapping between subsystem pairs. By modulating the non-Hermitian parameters, we achieve controlled entanglement transfer and suppression of fluctuations, highlighting the system’s potential for quantum information processing. These results establish a direct connection between non-Hermitian topology, dynamical stability, and quantum correlations, providing a framework for leveraging PT symmetry in cavity magnomechanics for quantum technologies.

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npj Quantum Materials
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2025-12-03
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41535-025-00826-8
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Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics
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Steering entanglement through exceptional points in non-hermitian cavity magnomechanics

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Steering entanglement through exceptional points in non-hermitian cavity magnomechanics

Chenhui Yu, Kashif Ammar Yasir, Wu-Ming Liu
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Abstract

Cavity magnomechanical systems, which coherently couple magnons, photons, and phonons, offer a powerful platform for exploring quantum phenomena and developing hybrid quantum technologies. We study a non-Hermitian cavity magnomechanical system featuring a yttrium iron garnet (YIG) sphere driven by an external magnetic field, where magnons interact with cavity photons via magnetic dipole coupling and with phonons via magnetostrictive forces. Non-Hermiticity is introduced through a traveling optical field that directly excites the YIG sphere, enabling precise control over parity-time (PT) symmetry. Analysis of the eigenfrequency spectrum reveals a third-order exceptional point (EP) that demarcates distinct PT-symmetric phases: a unique configuration with coexisting broken and protected PT-symmetry regimes, tunable via the interplay of the traveling field strength and magnon-photon coupling. We also verify this by measuring the divergence around EP with Petermann Factor. Crucially, the system exhibits stable PT-symmetry only at specific field incidence angles, with instability or broken symmetry dominating elsewhere. Beyond PT-symmetry, we demonstrate robust quantum entanglement among the magnon, photon, and phonon subsystems. The exceptional point serves as a critical boundary, with unbroken and broken PT symmetry phases enabling dynamic entanglement swapping between subsystem pairs. By modulating the non-Hermitian parameters, we achieve controlled entanglement transfer and suppression of fluctuations, highlighting the system’s potential for quantum information processing. These results establish a direct connection between non-Hermitian topology, dynamical stability, and quantum correlations, providing a framework for leveraging PT symmetry in cavity magnomechanics for quantum technologies.

npj Quantum MaterialsVol. 10(1)
Zhejiang Normal University (CN), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN), Institute of Physics (CN), National Laboratory for Superconductivity (CN)
National Natural Science Foundation of China, Zhejiang Normal University
Openalex Percentile: Top 15%
Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics
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