Hybrid quantum systems based on magnonics

Abstract

Engineered quantum systems enabling novel capabilities for computation and sensing have blossomed in the last decade. Architectures benefiting from combining complementary physical systems have emerged as promising approaches for quantum technologies. A new class of hybrid quantum systems based on collective spin excitations in ferromagnetic materials has led to the diverse set of platforms outlined in this review article. The coherent interaction between microwave cavity modes and spin-wave modes is presented as a key ingredient for the development of more complex hybrid systems. Indeed, quanta of excitation of the spin-wave modes, called magnons, can also interact coherently with optical photons, phonons, and superconducting qubits in the fields of cavity optomagnonics, cavity magnomechanics, and quantum magnonics, respectively. Notably, quantum optics experiments in magnetically-ordered solid-state systems are within reach thanks to quantum magnonics. Applications of hybrid quantum systems based on magnonics for quantum information processing and quantum sensing are briefly outlined.