Quantum clocks driven by measurement

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2109.05390v5
• Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 01:45:09 GMT
• Title: Quantum clocks driven by measurement
• Authors: A. A. Gangat and G. J. Milburn
• Abstract summary: We describe a quantum clock driven by entropy reduction through measurement. The mechanism consists of a superconducting transmon qubit coupled to an open co-planar resonator. We show that the measurement itself induces coherent oscillations, with fluctuating period, in the conditional moments.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: In classical physics, clocks are open dissipative systems driven from thermal equilibrium and necessarily subject to thermal noise. We describe a quantum clock driven by entropy reduction through measurement. The mechanism consists of a superconducting transmon qubit coupled to an open co-planar resonator. The cavity and qubit are driven by coherent fields and the cavity output is monitored with homodyne detection. We show that the measurement itself induces coherent oscillations, with fluctuating period, in the conditional moments. The clock signal can be extracted from the observed measurement currents and analysed to determine the noise performance. The model demonstrates a fundamental principle of clocks at zero temperature: good clocks require high rates of energy dissipation and consequently entropy generation.

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