Weiß T, Walter S, Marquardt F (2017)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2017
Book Volume: 95
Article Number: 041802
Journal Issue: 4
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.95.041802
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 and therefore incoherent. We show that there exist regimes of underdamped and even quantum-coherent phase motion, opening up new possibilities to study quantum synchronization dynamics. To this end, we investigate the Van der Pol oscillator (a paradigm for a self-oscillating system) synchronized to an external drive. We derive an effective quantum model which fully describes the regime of underdamped phase motion and additionally allows us to identify the quality of quantum coherence. Finally, we identify quantum limit cycles of the phase itself.
APA:
Weiß, T., Walter, S., & Marquardt, F. (2017). Quantum-coherent phase oscillations in synchronization. Physical Review A, 95(4). https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.95.041802
MLA:
Weiß, Talitha, Stefan Walter, and Florian Marquardt. "Quantum-coherent phase oscillations in synchronization." Physical Review A 95.4 (2017).
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