Broadcasting quantum nonlinearity in hybrid systems

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2601.19610v2
• Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 09:37:28 GMT
• Title: Broadcasting quantum nonlinearity in hybrid systems
• Authors: Alisa D. Manukhova, Andrey A. Rakhubovsky, Radim Filip,
• Abstract summary: We show that an unconditional nonlinear operation can be broadcast to a linear system using light-mediated interaction.<n>We evaluate an optically levitated mechanical oscillator as a flexible source of nonlinearity for a proof-of-principle demonstration of the nonlinearity broadcasting to linear systems.
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• Abstract: Linear oscillators contribute to most branches of contemporary quantum science. They have already successfully served as quantum sensors and memories, found applications in quantum communication, and hold promise for cluster-state-based quantum computing. To master universal quantum processing with linear oscillators, an unconditional nonlinear operation is required. We propose such an operation using light-mediated interaction with another system that possesses a nonlinearity equivalent to more than a quadratic potential. Such a potential grants access to a nonlinear operation that can be broadcast to the target linear system. The nonlinear character of the operation can be verified by observing adequate negative values of the target system's Wigner function and the squeezing of the variance of a certain nonlinear combination of the quadratures below the thresholds attainable by Gaussian states. We explicitly evaluate an optically levitated mechanical oscillator as a flexible source of nonlinearity for a proof-of-principle demonstration of the nonlinearity broadcasting to linear systems, for example, mechanical oscillators or macroscopic atomic spin ensembles.

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