Table 3 Different predictions of the nth-order super- and sub-Poissonian statistics with \(n=2,3,4\) for the photon (\(z=a\)), phonon (b), and hybrid photon–phonon (c) modes, where \(g_{234}\) is defined in Eq. (31).

From: Hybrid photon–phonon blockade

Case

\(g_{234}\)

Mode a

Mode b

Mode c

1

\((-,-,-)\)

\(\surd\)

\(\surd\)

\(\surd\)

2

\((-,-,+)\)

\(\times\)

\(\surd\)

\(\surd ^*\)

3

\((-,+,-)\)

\(\times\)

\(\times\)

\(\times\)

4

\((+,-,-)\)

\(\surd\)

\(\surd\)

\(\surd\)

5

\((-,+,+)\)

\(\times\)

\(\surd\)

\(\surd\)

6

\((+,-,+)\)

\(\times\)

\(\times\)

\(\times\)

7

\((+,+,-)\)

\(\surd\)

\(\surd\)

\(\surd\)

8

\((+,+,+)\)

\(\surd\)

\(\surd\)

\(\surd\)

  1. The cases marked with \(\surd\) can be identified under both (1) nonresonance conditions, as shown in Fig. 14b, and (2) resonance conditions, as shown in Fig. 14a, except the case marked with \(^*\).