This invention discloses an optical non-reciprocal information
encryption method and apparatus based on a time
crystal. The method includes the following steps: S1, providing a three-level
atomic system containing
rubidium atoms, and setting a probe light and a
coupling light, wherein the probe light is incident on the
atomic system in a fixed direction; S2, controlling the
coupling light to propagate collinearly in the opposite direction to the probe light, causing the
atomic system to enter a time
crystal state and generate a transmission
signal with a stable oscillation frequency; S3, acquiring the oscillation frequency of the transmission
signal and encoding the oscillation frequency as key information; S4, placing the atomic
system in a non-time
crystal state, where the transmission
signal does not contain the oscillation frequency, thereby achieving non-reciprocal
encryption of the key information. This invention causes the atomic
system to enter or leave a time crystal state to generate or suppress a transmission signal with a stable oscillation frequency, and encodes and encrypts the oscillation frequency as key information.