Quantum Synchronization of three-level atoms

Lech Jakóbczyk

Göktuğ Karpat, İ. Yalçınkaya, Barış Çakmak

We explore the environment-induced synchronization phenomenon in two-level systems in contact with a thermal dissipative environment. We first discuss the conditions under which synchronization emerges between a pair of two-level particles. That is, we analyze the impact of various model parameters on the emergence of (anti-)synchronization such as the environment temperature, the direct interaction between the particles, and the distance between them controlling the collectivity of the dissipation. We then enlarge the system to be composed of three two-level atoms to study the mutual synchronization between different particle pairs. Remarkably, we observe in this case a rich synchronization dynamics which stems from different possible spatial configurations of the atoms. Particularly, in sharp contrast with the two-atom case, we show that when the three atoms are in close proximity, the appearance of antisynchronization can be obstructed across all particle pairs due to frustration.

Albert Cabot, Gian Luca Giorgi, Fernando Galve +1 more

Synchronization phenomena have been recently reported in the quantum realm at the atomic level due to collective dissipation. In this work we propose a dimer lattice of trapped atoms realizing a dissipative spin model where quantum synchronization occurs instead in the presence of local dissipation. Atom synchronization is enabled by the inhomogeneity of staggered local losses in the lattice and is favored by an increase of spins detuning. A comprehensive approach to quantum synchronization based on different measures considered in the literature allows us to identify the main features of different synchronization regimes.

V. P. Chebotaev

WU Qin-Qin, Kuang Le-Man

In this paper, we propose a scheme for implementing the quantum clock synchronization (QCS) algorithm in cavity quantum electrodynamic (QED) formalism. Our method is based on three-level ladder-type atoms interacting with classical and quantized cavity fields. Atom-qubit realizations of three-qubit and four-qubit QCS algorithms are explicitly presented.

Sergei N Bagaev, V. P. Chebotaev