Table 2 Different single- and two-time phonon-number correlation effects induced in the QD mode, which can be observed for different values of the qubit-SMR coupling strength g with respect to the SMR decay rate \(\kappa _{a}\), e.g., by setting the other parameters to be the same as in Eq. (30).

From: Hybrid photon–phonon blockade

Case

Effect

Single-time correlations

Two-time correlations

Example of \(g/\kappa _{a}\)

Figure

I

Stronger form of PB

(‘true’ PB)

Sub-Poissonian PNS

\({g_{b}^{(2)}(0)}<1\)

Phonon antibunching

\({g_{b}^{(2)}(\tau )} >{g_{b}^{(2)}(0)}\)

3.0

7(a)

II

Stronger form of PIT

(‘true’ PIT)

Super-Poissonian PNS

\({g_{b}^{(2)}(0)}>1\)

Phonon bunching

\({g_{b}^{(2)}(\tau )} <{g_{b}^{(2)}(0)}\)

2.1

7(b)

III

Weaker form of PIT or PB

Super-Poissonian PNS

\({g_{b}^{(2)}(0)}>1\)

Phonon antibunching

\({g_{b}^{(2)}(\tau )} >{g_{b}^{(2)}(0)}\)

3.8

7(c)

IV

Weaker form of PB or PIT

Sub-Poissonian PNS

\({g_{b}^{(2)}(0)}<1\)

Phonon bunching

\({g_{b}^{(2)}(\tau )} <{g_{b}^{(2)}(0)}\)

2.2

7(d)

  1. Here, PNS stands specifically for the phonon-number statistics of the mode b. Note that we also found examples of Cases I, II, and IV for the modes a and c using the same system parameters as for the mode b.