Synchronisation phase as an indicator of persistent quantum correlations between subsystems
arXiv:2006.16209 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.102.032414
Abstract
Spontaneous synchronisation is a collective phenomenon that can occur in both dynamical classical and quantum systems. Here, we analyse the spontaneous synchronisation dynamics of vibrations assisting energy transfer in a bio-inspired system. We find the emergence of a constant non-zero `synchronisation phase' between synchronised vibrational displacements as the natural frequencies of the oscillators are detuned. This phase difference arises from the asymmetric participation of local modes in the long-lived synchronised state. Furthermore, we investigate the relationships between the synchronisation phase, detuning and the degree of quantum correlations between the synchronising subsystems and find that the synchronisation phase captures how quantum correlations persistently exceed classical correlations during the dynamics. We show that our analysis applies to a variety of spontaneously synchronising open quantum systems. Our work therefore opens up a promising avenue to investigate non-trivial quantum phenomena in complex biomolecular and nano-scale chemical systems.
12 pages + references, 10 figures
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