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Recently, several studies have investigated synchronization in quantum-mechanical limit-cycle oscillators. However, the quantum nature of these systems remained partially hidden, since the dynamics of the oscillator's phase was overdamped…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-04-19 Talitha Weiss , Stefan Walter , Florian Marquardt

Driven quantum nonlinear oscillators, while essential for quantum technologies, are generally prone to complex chaotic dynamics that fall beyond the reach of perturbative analysis. By focusing on subharmonic bifurcations of a harmonically…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-04-18 Michiel Burgelman , Pierre Rouchon , Alain Sarlette , Mazyar Mirrahimi

In this article we consider a bosonic Josephson junction, a model system composed by two coupled nonlinear quantum oscillators which can be implemented in various physical contexts, initially prepared in a product of weakly populated…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-06-05 Dionisis Stefanatos , Emmanuel Paspalakis

Motivated by recent experiments on superconducting circuits consisting of a dc-voltage biased Josephson junction in series with a resonator, quantum properties of these devices far from equilibrium are studied. This includes a crossover…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-12-23 Vera Gramich , Björn Kubala , Selina Rohrer , Joachim Ankerhold

We find that feedback control may induce "pseudo" nonlinear dynamics in a damped harmonic oscillator, whose centroid trajectory in the phase space behaves like a classical nonlinear system. Thus, similar to nonlinear amplifiers (e.g.,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Jing Zhang , Yu-xi Liu , Re-Bing Wu , Chun-Wen Li , Tzyh-Jong Tarn

Synchronization is one of the paradigmatic phenomena in the study of complex systems. It has been explored theoretically and experimentally mostly to understand natural phenomena, but also in view of technological applications. Although…

Superconducting circuits extensively rely on the Josephson junction as a nonlinear electronic element for manipulating quantum information and mediating photon interactions. Despite continuing efforts in designing anharmonic Josephson…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-02-26 Andrei Vrajitoarea , Ziwen Huang , Peter Groszkowski , Jens Koch , Andrew A. Houck

We propose a system for observing the correlated phase dynamics of two mesoscopic ensembles of atoms through their collective coupling to an optical cavity. We find a dynamical quantum phase transition induced by pump noise and cavity…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-02 Minghui Xu , D. A. Tieri , E. C. Fine , James K. Thompson , M. J. Holland

Recent advances in superconducting circuit technology have made the fabrication of large, customizable circuits routine. This has led to their application to areas beyond quantum information and, in particular, to their use as quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-04 Kamal Sharma , Wade DeGottardi

We present a quantum electrical circuit with Josephson junctions formed of two anharmonic oscillators coupled with an interaction $g\gamma_{1}^{2}\gamma_{2}^{2}$ where $\gamma_{1}$ and $\gamma_{2}$ are position-like coordinates. This type…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-01-21 Chunqing Deng , J. M. Gambetta , A. Lupascu

By coupling a harmonic oscillator to a quantum system it is possible to perform a dispersive measurement that is quantum non-demolition (QND), with minimal backaction. A non-linear oscillator has the advantage of measurement gain, but what…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-09-12 O. Naaman , J. Aumentado , L. Friedland , J. S. Wurtele , I. Siddiqi

We consider the phenomenon of mutual synchronization in a fundamental quantum system of two detuned quantum harmonic oscillators dissipating into the environment. We identify the conditions leading to this spontaneous phenomenon showing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-05-08 Gian Luca Giorgi , Fernando Galve , Gonzalo Manzano , Pere Colet , Roberta Zambrini

Synchronization is a universal phenomenon that is important both in fundamental studies and in technical applications. Here we investigate synchronization in the simplest quantum-mechanical scenario possible, i.e., a quantum-mechanical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-04-02 Stefan Walter , Andreas Nunnenkamp , Christoph Bruder

We study the dynamics of a quantum superconducting circuit which is the analogue of an atom in a high-Q cavity. The circuit consists of a Josephson charge qubit coupled to a superconducting resonator. The charge qubit can be treated as a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 O. Buisson , F. W. J. Hekking

Multi-qubit quantum processors coupled to networking provides the state-of-the-art quantum computing platform. However, each qubit has unique eigenfrequency even though fabricated in the same process. To continue quantum gate operations…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-12 Abhijit Bhattacharyya

In order to mimic the phase changes in the primordial Big Bang, several "cosmological" solid-state experiments have been conceived, during the last decade, to investigate the spontaneous symmetry breaking in superconductors and superfluids…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-12-06 Roberto Monaco , Jesper Mygind , Valery K. Koshelets

Understanding the origin of phase synchronization between quantum self-sustained oscillators has garnered significant interest in recent years. In this work, we study phase synchronization in three settings: between two continuous-variable…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-03 Mohit Kumar , Bijay Kumar Agarwalla

We report the first experimental demonstration of quantum synchronization. This is achieved by performing a digital simulation of a single spin-$1$ limit-cycle oscillator on the quantum computers of the IBM Q System. Applying an external…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-04-15 Martin Koppenhöfer , Christoph Bruder , Alexandre Roulet

Superconducting quantum circuits based on Josephson junctions have made rapid progress in demonstrating quantum behavior and scalability. However, the future prospects ultimately depend upon the intrinsic coherence of Josephson junctions,…

The phenomenon of synchronization, where entities exhibit stable oscillations with aligned frequencies and phases, has been detected in diverse areas of natural science. It plays a crucial role in achieving frequency locking in multiple…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-24 Tong Liu , Laura García-Álvarez , Giovanna Tancredi