Kerr Induced Control of Synchronization and Quantum State Recovery in a Driven van der Pol Oscillator

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2609.05672v1
• Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:10:23 GMT
• Title: Kerr Induced Control of Synchronization and Quantum State Recovery in a Driven van der Pol Oscillator
• Abstract summary: We show that the Kerr interaction produces an amplitude-dependent frequency shift that drives a saddle-node bifurcation.<n>This transition manifests as systematic frequency pulling and spectral broadening, while the steady-state Wigner function reveals a continuous correspondence between the quantum state and the semiclassical attractor.
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• Abstract: We investigate how Kerr nonlinearity modifies quantum synchronization in a squeezed quantum van der Pol oscillator. We show that the Kerr interaction produces an amplitude-dependent frequency shift that drives a saddle-node bifurcation, transforming the classical phase-space structure from bistable to monostable dynamics. In the quantum regime, this transition manifests as systematic frequency pulling and spectral broadening, while the steady-state Wigner function reveals a continuous correspondence between the quantum state and the semiclassical attractor despite finite quantum fluctuations. By constructing global synchronization phase diagrams in the squeezing--Kerr parameter space, we uncover a remarkably linear dependence of the critical squeezing strength required to maintain phase locking on the Kerr nonlinearity. We further demonstrate that the synchronization boundary does not coincide with the crossover between super- and sub-Poissonian photon statistics, showing that synchronization and photon-number statistics characterize distinct aspects of the quantum steady state. These results provide quantitative design principles for controlling quantum synchronization through Kerr nonlinearity, with potential relevance to trapped-ion, superconducting-circuit, and optomechanical platforms.

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