Microwave one-way transparency by large synthetic motion of magnetochiral polaritons in metamolecules

Physical review. B./Physical review. B 2026 Open access

Read full text
Authors: Kentaro Mita, Toshiyuki Kodama, Toshihiro Nakanishi, Tetsuya Ueda, Kei Sawada, Takahiro Chiba, Satoshi Tomita
DOI: 10.1103/qlg7-ygq8
Cited by: 0
References: 36

Abstract

We observe microwave nonreciprocal one-way transparency via ultrastrongly-coupled magnetochiral polaritons (MChPs) in a metamolecule at room temperature. The experimental results using MCh metamolecules with simultaneous breaking of time-reversal and space-inversion symmetries are reproduced by numerical simulations. Based on effective polarizability tensor analyses, we verify massive synthetic motion of MChPs as an origin of the one-way transparency. This study paves a way to hybrid quantum systems and synthetic gauge fields using metamaterials.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Mechanical and Optical Resonators Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications Quantum optics and atomic interactions

Publication details

Journal / source
Physical review. B./Physical review. B
Publisher
American Physical Society (APS)
Volume
113
Issue
12
Publication date
13 February 2026
Language
EN