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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 develop an analytical framework to study the synchronization of a quantum self-sustained oscillator to an external signal. Our unified description allows us to identify the resource on which quantum synchronization relies, and to compare…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-04-09 Martin Koppenhöfer , Alexandre Roulet

We study numerically the behavior of qubit coupled to a quantum dissipative driven oscillator (resonator). Above a critical coupling strength the qubit rotations become synchronized with the oscillator phase. In the synchronized regime, at…

Superconductivity · Physics 2008-01-10 O. V. Zhirov , D. L. Shepelyansky

Synchronization is a phenomenon where interacting particles lock their motion and display non-trivial dynamics. Despite intense efforts studying synchronization in systems without clear classical limits, no comprehensive theory has been…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-23 Berislav Buca , Cameron Booker , Dieter Jaksch

Quantum synchronization has been a subject of intensive research in the last decade. In this work, we propose a quantum Li\'enard system whose classical equivalent features two limit cycles to one of which the system will converge. In the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-15 Tobias Kehrer , Christoph Bruder , Parvinder Solanki

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

Limit-cycle oscillators are the basic building blocks for synchronization; yet, the notion of a quantum limit cycle has remained unclear. Here, we study quantum limit cycles and synchronization in the presence of continuous heterodyne…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-16 Tobias Nadolny , Christoph Bruder

We report an experimental study of phase-synchronization in a pair of interacting nuclear spins subjected to an external drive in nuclear magnetic resonance architecture. A weak transition-selective radio-frequency field applied on one of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-22 V. R. Krithika , Parvinder Solanki , Sai Vinjanampathy , T. S. Mahesh

Quantum synchronization (QS) in open many-body systems offers a promising route for controlling collective quantum dynamics, yet existing manipulation schemes often rely on dissipation engineering, which distorts limit cycles, lacks…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-14 Shuo Dai , Zeqing Wang , Liang-Liang Wan , Weidong Li , Augusto Smerzi , Ran Qi , Jianwen Jie

The notions of qubits and coherent states correspond to different physical systems and are described by specific formalisms. Qubits are associated with a two-dimensional Hilbert space and can be illustrated on the Bloch sphere. In contrast,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-10-18 Christian R. Müller , Gerd Leuchs , Christoph Marquardt , Ulrik L. Andersen

The mechanism of phase synchronization between uncoupled limit-cycle oscillators induced by common external impulsive forcing is analyzed. By reducing the dynamics of the oscillator to a random phase map, it is shown that phase…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2007-06-13 H. Nakao , K. Arai , K. Nagai , Y. Tsubo , Y. Kuramoto

Extending classical synchronization to the quantum domain is of great interest both from the fundamental physics point of view and with a view toward quantum technology applications. This work characterizes phase synchronization of an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-03 Xylo Molenda , S. Zhong , B. Viswanathan , Xingli Li , Y. Yan , A. M. Marino , D. Blume

We investigate collective synchronization in a system of coupled oscillators on small-world networks. The order parameters which measure synchronization of phases and frequencies are introduced and analyzed by means of dynamic simulations…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-11-07 H. Hong , M. Y. Choi , Beom Jun Kim

Synchronizing a few-level quantum system is of fundamental importance to the understanding of synchronization in the deep quantum regime. We investigate quantum phase synchronization of a two-level system (qubit) driven by a semiclassical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-23 Po-Wen Chen , Chandrashekar Radhakrishnan , Md. Manirul Ali

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

Some nonlinear radiations such as superfluorescence can be understood as cooperative effects between atoms. We regard the cooperative radiation as a manifested effect secondary to the intrinsic synchronization among the atoms and propose a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-13 Tiantian Huan , Ri-gui Zhou , Hou Ian

The interaction of a quantum system, which is not accessible by direct measurement, with an external probe can be exploited to infer specific features of the system itself. We introduce a probing scheme based on the emergence of spontaneous…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-21 Gian Luca Giorgi , Fernando Galve , Roberta Zambrini

Synchronization is of importance in both fundamental and applied physics, but their demonstration at the micro/nanoscale is mainly limited to low-frequency oscillations like mechanical resonators. Here, we report the synchronization of two…

Optics · Physics 2019-07-09 Da Xu , Zi-Zhao Han , Yu-Kun Lu , Qihuang Gong , Cheng-Wei Qiu , Gang Chen , Yun-Feng Xiao

The question under which conditions oscillators with slightly different frequencies synchronize appears in various settings. We show that synchronization can be achieved even for harmonic oscillators that are bilinearly coupled via a purely…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2023-02-01 Juan N. Moreno , Christopher W. Wächtler , Alexander Eisfeld

A condition for the synchronizability of a pair of PDE systems, coupled through a finite set of variables, is commonly the existence of internal synchronization or internal coherence in each system separately. The condition was previously…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2013-05-29 Gregory S. Duane