Abstract

We present a generalized information-theoretic measure of synchronization in quantum systems. This measure is applicable to dynamics of anharmonic oscillators, few-level atoms, and coupled oscillator networks. Furthermore, the new measure allows us to discuss synchronization of disparate physical systems such as coupled hybrid quantum systems and coupled systems undergoing mutual synchronization that are also driven locally. In many cases of interest, we find a closed-form expression for the proposed measure.

Highlights

  • Detecting and measuring synchronization of classical systems has been an important area of research in nonlinear dynamics for decades [1,2,3]

  • III, we review two canonical examples of systems studied in quantum synchronization

  • We introduced a measure of synchronization based on distance to the limit-cycle dynamics

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Summary

INTRODUCTION

Detecting and measuring synchronization of classical systems has been an important area of research in nonlinear dynamics for decades [1,2,3]. Different measures have been introduced to study externally driven and mutually coupled van der Pol oscillators [4,5,6,7,8,9], driven and coupled spin-1 atoms [10,11], interacting many-body systems [12], spins interacting via coupled optical cavities [13], coupled opto-mechanical systems [14,15], and quantum systems undergoing transient synchronization [16,17].

RELATIVE ENTROPY OF SYNCHRONIZATION
EXAMPLES OF SYNCHRONIZING SYSTEMS
UNIPARTITE SYSTEMS
BIPARTITE SYSTEMS
Diagonal limit-cycle states
Synchronization of dissimilar systems
Marginal state limit cycles
Partially coherent limit-cycle states
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS

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