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The transportation of photons and phonons typically obeys the principle of reciprocity. Breaking reciprocity of these bosonic excitations will enable the corresponding nonreciprocal devices, such as isolators and circulators. Here, we use two optical modes and two mechanical modes in a microresonator to form a four-mode plaquette via radiation pressure force. The phase-controlled nonreciprocal routing between any two modes with completely different frequencies is demonstrated, including the routing of phonon to phonon (megahertz to megahertz), photon to phonon (terahertz to megahertz), and especially photon to photon with frequency difference of around 80 THz for the first time. In addition, one more mechanical mode is introduced to this plaquette to realize a phononic circulator in such single microresonator. The nonreciprocity is derived from interference between multimode transfer processes involving optomechanical interactions in an optomechanical resonator. It not only demonstrates the nonreciprocal routing of photons and phonons in a single resonator but also realizes the nonreciprocal frequency conversion for photons and circulation for phonons, laying a foundation for studying directional routing and thermal management in an optomechanical hybrid network.
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