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Abstract: Synchronization is a universal feature shared by very different complex dynamical systems, ranging from electronic circuits to biological systems. The ubiquity of synchronization in classical systems raised the question whether this effect persists down to the quantum scale. Various quantum self-sustained oscillators have been proposed and analyzed, which show genuinely quantum effects in their synchronization behavior. In this talk, I will introduce a framework for quantum synchronization which allows one to compare the ability of these different quantum systems to synchronize, and which identifies the underlying quantum resource. I will also discuss an implementation of a quantum self-sustained oscillator on current quantum computing hardware, as a potential way to study synchronization in networks of quantum limit-cycle oscillators. 

Speaker: Martin Koppenhoefer, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago

Host: Professor Adilson Motter