Extended Data Fig. 1: Correlation measurement procedure. | Nature Physics

Extended Data Fig. 1: Correlation measurement procedure.

From: Single- and two-mode magnon thermal squeezing

Extended Data Fig. 1: Correlation measurement procedure.The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI.

The input microwave is generated by combining two channels (Ch.1 and Ch.2) into the pump channel (Ch.3) at the pump frequency \({f}_{{\rm{p}}}\) using a multichannel signal generator (Holtzworth 8990B). Ch.1 is used to finely tune the input microwave power with small increments, while Ch.2 is used for harmonic locking at frequency \(2{f}_{2}\). The signals from Ch.2 and Ch.3 are amplified ( + 35 dB) and combined with the output from Ch.1. The resulting microwave signal is delivered to the sample via the main coplanar waveguide (CPW; orange antenna). The AC signal generated from the YIG/Pt disc (orange circle) is detected by a secondary CPW (blue antenna) and routed, via an RF switch, to either the lock-in amplifier circuit or a spectrum analyser (SA). Before entering the lock-in amplifier, the signal is filtered (providing −80 dB attenuation at \(2f\)) to suppress crosstalk, amplified ( + 35 dB), and mixed with a local oscillator signal from Ch.4 of the signal generator. The mixed signal is then fed into a lock-in amplifier (Zurich UHFLI). FMR absorption spectra and spectra during the non-degenerate process are measured by routing the microwave signal to a vector network analyser (VNA) or spectrum analyser (SA) using an additional RF switch.

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