Laser Physics

, Volume 16, Issue 11, pp 1525–1532

On decoherence in quantum clock synchronization

Authors

  • S. Boixo
    • Department of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of New Mexico
  • C. M. Caves
    • Department of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of New Mexico
  • A. Datta
    • Department of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of New Mexico
  • A. Shaji
    • Department of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of New Mexico
Quantum Information and Quantum Computation

DOI: 10.1134/S1054660X06110065

Cite this article as:
Boixo, S., Caves, C.M., Datta, A. et al. Laser Phys. (2006) 16: 1525. doi:10.1134/S1054660X06110065

Abstract

We study two quantum versions of the Eddington clock-synchronization protocol in the presence of decoherence. The first protocol uses maximally entangled states to achieve the Heisenberg limit for clock synchronization. The second protocol achieves the limit without using entanglement. We show the equivalence of the two protocols under any single-qubit decoherence model that does not itself provide synchronization information.

PACS numbers

03.67.-a03.65.Ta03.65.Yz03.67.Mn

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© MAIK “Nauka/Interperiodica” 2006