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year 2019
author(s) L. Mercier de Lapinay, E. Damskägg, C. F. Ockeloen-Korppi, M. A. Sillanpää
title Realization of Directional Amplification in a Microwave Optomechanical Device
document type Paper
source Phys Rev Appl 11, 034027 (2019)
doi 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.11.034027
arxiv https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.06036
EMP/Horizon2020 This publication does not include a EMP/Horizon2020 acknowledgement.
abstract

Directional transmission or amplification of microwave signals is indispensable in various applications involving sensitive measurements. In this work we show experimentally how to use a generic cavity optomechanical setup to nonreciprocally amplify microwave signals above 3 GHz in one direction by 9 dB and simultaneously attenuate the transmission in the opposite direction by 21 dB. We use a device including two on-chip superconducting resonators and two metallic drumhead mechanical oscillators. Application of four microwave pump-tone frequencies allows the design of constructive or destructive interference for a signal tone depending on the propagation direction. The device can also be configured as an isolator with lossless nonreciprocal transmission and 18 dB of isolation.