Single-shot magnon interference in a magnon-superconducting-resonator hybrid circuit

M Moojune Song T Tomas Polakovic J Jinho Lim T Thomas W. Cecil J John Pearson R Ralu Divan (Center for Nanoscale Materials) W Wai-Kwong Kwok U Ulrich Welp A Axel Hoffmann K Kab-Jin Kim V Valentine Novosad Y Yi Li

Abstract

Abstract Magnon interference is a hallmark of coherent magnon interactions. In this work, we demonstrate single-shot magnon interference using up to four magnon pulses in two remotely coupled yttrium iron garnet spheres mediated by a coplanar superconducting resonator. By exciting one YIG sphere with injected microwave pulses, we achieve coherent energy exchange between the two spheres, facilitating their interference processes, including Rabi-like oscillation with a single pulse, constructive and destructive interference with two pulses, and interference peak sharpening with up to four pulses—analogous to diffraction grating in optical interference. The resulting interference patterns can be precisely controlled by changing the frequency detuning and time delay of the magnon pulses. The demonstration of time-domain coherent control of remote magnon interference opens new pathways for advancing coherent information processing through multi-operation, circuit-integrated hybrid magnonic networks.

Article Details

Volume / Issue Vol. 16, Issue 1
Published April 17, 2025
ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher Nature Portfolio

Journal Info

Nature Communications

Nature Portfolio

ISSN: 2041-1723 Open Access Life Sciences

Authors (12)

M

Moojune Song

T

Tomas Polakovic

J

Jinho Lim

T

Thomas W. Cecil

J

John Pearson

R

Ralu Divan

Center for Nanoscale Materials

W

Wai-Kwong Kwok

U

Ulrich Welp

A

Axel Hoffmann

K

Kab-Jin Kim

V

Valentine Novosad

Y

Yi Li