Observation of attractor transitions in active magnon-polaritons under microwatt drives

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2604.27668v1
• Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:04:23 GMT
• Title: Observation of attractor transitions in active magnon-polaritons under microwatt drives
• Abstract summary: Magnon-polaritons provide a room-temperature platform for investigating nonlinear cavity quantum electrodynamics in the microwave domain.<n>Here we report the observation of attractor transitions in an active magnon-polariton formed by a self-oscillating microwave cavity.<n>By enabling low-power attractor transitions and attractor-switching-amplified spectral response, active magnon-polaritons open opportunities for nonlinear microwave signal generation, high-precision sensing, and neuromorphic computing.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: Magnon-polaritons provide a room-temperature platform for investigating nonlinear cavity quantum electrodynamics in the microwave domain, but experimentally observing controlled transitions among distinct nonlinear attractors remains challenging in conventional passive systems, where strong external driving is usually required. Here we report the observation of attractor transitions in an active magnon-polariton formed by a self-oscillating microwave cavity coupled to a yttrium iron garne (YIG) sphere. The feedback loop supplies an internal microwave drive, while Kerr frequency pulling and Suhl-mediated magnon-magnon scattering produce an enhanced effective nonlinearity. Stability analysis using experimentally calibrated parameters reveals a rich fixed-point (FP) landscape with multiple unstable-FP phases and a triple-point region. By tuning gain across these phases, we observe the first experimental evidence of explosive growth of bistability, followed by transitions to multifrequency limit cycles, comb-like/fractal spectra, and broadband chaotic dynamics at microwatt powers. Near a critical point, magnetic-field-triggered switching between nonlinear emission states produces spectral shifts up to 162 times the bare gyromagnetic response. By enabling low-power attractor transitions and attractor-switching-amplified spectral response, active magnon-polaritons open opportunities for nonlinear microwave signal generation, high-precision sensing, and neuromorphic computing.

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