Entropy (Jul 2023)

Fisher Information as General Metrics of Quantum Synchronization

  • Yuan Shen,
  • Hong Yi Soh,
  • Leong-Chuan Kwek,
  • Weijun Fan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/e25081116
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 8
p. 1116

Abstract

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Quantum synchronization has emerged as a crucial phenomenon in quantum nonlinear dynamics with potential applications in quantum information processing. Multiple measures for quantifying quantum synchronization exist. However, there is currently no widely agreed metric that is universally adopted. In this paper, we propose using classical and quantum Fisher information (FI) as alternative metrics to detect and measure quantum synchronization. We establish the connection between FI and quantum synchronization, demonstrating that both classical and quantum FI can be deployed as more general indicators of quantum phase synchronization in some regimes where all other existing measures fail to provide reliable results. We show advantages in FI-based measures, especially in 2-to-1 synchronization. Furthermore, we analyze the impact of noise on the synchronization measures, revealing the robustness and susceptibility of each method in the presence of dissipation and decoherence. Our results open up new avenues for understanding and exploiting quantum synchronization.

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