Noise-induced quantum synchronization with entangled oscillations
Random fluctuations can lead to cooperative effects in complex systems. We here report the observation of noise-induced quantum synchronization in a chain of superconducting transmon qubits with nearest-neighbor interactions. The application of Gaussian white noise to a single site leads to synchronous oscillations in the entire chain. We show that the two synchronized end qubits are entangled, with nonzero concurrence, and that they belong to a class of generalized Bell states known as maximally entangled mixed states, whose entanglement cannot be increased by any global unitary. We further demonstrate the stability against frequency detuning of both synchronization and entanglement by determining the corresponding generalized Arnold tongue diagrams. Our results highlight the constructive influence of noise in a quantum many-body system, and initiate the exploration of collective synchronization effects with stronger than classical correlations.
Authors
- Wenhui Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7929-5267)
- Eric Lutz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6176-4229)
- Yuxuan Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5091-4431)
- Dapeng Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2693-1248)
- Ziyu Tao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3633-6000)
- Youpeng Zhong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8120-6259)
- Chang-Kang Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1232-8727)
- Finn Schmolke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2364-3880)
- Jingjing Niu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4040-1426)
- Wenle Weng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2628-5174)
- Libo Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9255-3945)
- Song Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-4556)
- Chu Ji
- Dian Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8013-0447)
- Ziqing Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3999-2221)
- Xuandong Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9220-0977)
- Jiawei Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1470-5052)
Institutions
- University of Stuttgart (DE)
- Shenzhen University (CN)
- Southern University of Science and Technology (CN)
- National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen (CN)
- Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences (CN)
- The University of Adelaide (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nature Communications
- Published
- 2025-09-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-63196-6
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.95
Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Vector Stiftung