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Here we explore the possibility of precise time-keeping in quantum systems using athermal resources. We show that quantum measurement engineered reservoirs can be used as athermal resources to drive the ticks of a quantum clock. Two and…

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We present an algorithm to detect the time and frequency difference of independent clocks based on observation of time-correlated photon pairs. This enables remote coincidence identification in entanglement-based quantum key distribution…

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Quantum coherence as the fundamental characteristic of quantum physics, provides the valuable resource for quantum computation in exceeding the power of classical algorithms. The exploration of quantum coherence in relativistic systems is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-01-13 Xu Chen , Chunfeng Wu , Hong-Yi Su , Chang-Liang Ren , Jing-Ling Chen

Building scalable quantum systems that demonstrate genuine performance enhancement based on entanglement is a major scientific goal for fields including computing, networking, simulations, and metrology. The tremendous challenge arises from…

We investigate the transition rates of uniformly accelerated two-level single and entangled atomic systems in empty space as well as inside a cavity. We take into account the interaction between the systems and a massless scalar field from…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-26 Arnab Mukherjee , Sunandan Gangopadhyay , A. S. Majumdar

Optical clocks based on atoms and ions probe relativistic effects with unprecedented sensitivity by resolving time dilation due to atom motion or different positions in the gravitational potential through frequency shifts. However, all…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-22 Gabriel Sorci , Joshua Foo , Dietrich Leibfried , Christian Sanner , Igor Pikovski

Entangled states hold the promise of improving the precision and accuracy of quantum sensors. We experimentally demonstrate that spectroscopy of an optical clock transition using entangled states can outperform its classical counterpart.…

The accuracies of modern quantum logic clocks have surpassed those of standard atomic fountain clocks. These clocks also provide a greater degree of control, because before and after clock queries, we are able to apply chosen unitary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-07-28 Michael Mullan , Emanuel Knill

We study the radiative process of two entangled two-level atoms uniformly accelerated in a thermal bath, coupled to a massless scalar field. First, using the positive frequency Wightman function from the Minkowski modes with a Rindler…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-05-25 Subhajit Barman , Bibhas Ranjan Majhi

We consider a two-level atom that follows a wordline of constant velocity, while interacting with a massless scalar field in a thermal state through: (i) an Unruh-DeWitt coupling, and (ii) a coupling that involves the time derivative of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-24 Nikolaos Papadatos , Dimitris Moustos

A uniformly accelerated system will get thermally excited due to interactions with the vacuum fluctuations of the quantum fields. This is the Unruh effect. Also a system accelerated in a circular orbit will be heated, but in this case…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Jon Magne Leinaas

We investigate the relativistic dynamics of quantum entanglement in a four-qubit cluster ($CL_4$) state using a fully operational Unruh-DeWitt detector framework. Contrary to the widely held expectation that the Unruh effect inevitably…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-31 Si-Han Li , Hui-Chen Yang , Rui-Yang Xu , Shu-Min Wu

Quantum time dilation occurs when a clock moves in a superposition of relativistic momentum wave packets. We utilize the lifetime of an excited hydrogen-like atom as a clock to demonstrate how quantum time dilation manifests in a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-04-28 Piotr T. Grochowski , Alexander R. H. Smith , Andrzej Dragan , Kacper Dębski

We report a proof-of-principle experiment on distant clock synchronization. Besides the achievement of picosecond resolution at 3 kilometer distance, this experiment demonstrated a novel concept for high accuracy non-local timing and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Alejandra Valencia , Giuliano Scarcelli , Yanhua Shih

We discuss how to calculate genuine multipartite quantum and classical correlations in symmetric, spatially invariant, mixed $n$-qubit density matrices. We show that the existence of symmetries greatly reduces the amount of free parameters…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-10-24 Gian Luca Giorgi , Steve Campbell

Equilibrium properties of many-body systems with a large number of degrees of freedom are generally expected to be described by statistical mechanics. Such expectations are closely tied to the observation of thermalization, as manifested…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-08-08 Yulong Qiao , Frank Großmann , Peter Schlagheck , Gabriel M. Lando

Many-particle entanglement is a key resource for achieving the fundamental precision limits of a quantum sensor. Optical atomic clocks, the current state-of-the-art in frequency precision, are a rapidly emerging area of focus for…

We identify low-acceleration conditions under which the Unruh effect manifests as an early superradiant burst in a collection of excited atoms. The resulting amplified Unruh signal is resolved from the inertial signal both in time and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-30 Akhil Deswal , Navdeep Arya , Kinjalk Lochan , Sandeep K. Goyal

In this paper, we analyze the two-node joint clock synchronization and ranging problem. We focus on the case of nodes that employ time-to-digital converters to determine the range between them precisely. This specific design choice leads to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-03 Pol del Aguila Pla , Lissy Pellaco , Satyam Dwivedi , Peter Händel , Joakim Jaldén

The Unruh effect establishes a fundamental equivalence between acceleration and thermality by demonstrating that a uniformly accelerated ground-state detector undergoes excitation as if immersed in a thermal bath. In this paper, we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-14 Shijing Cheng , Wenting Zhou , Hongwei Yu