Lyapunov stability and exponential phase-locking of Schr\"odinger-Lohe quantum oscillators

TL;DR

This paper analyzes the Schrödinger-Lohe quantum oscillator model, establishing conditions for phase-locking, stability, and convergence, and draws parallels with the classical Kuramoto model to understand quantum synchronization.

Contribution

It characterizes fixed points, establishes exponential convergence via Lyapunov functions, and analyzes stability using eigenvalue perturbation, linking quantum and classical synchronization models.

Findings

Fixed points correspond to classical Kuramoto model

Exponential convergence to phase-locked states for strong coupling

Linear stability analysis reveals stability conditions for large coupling

Abstract

We study the well known Schr\"odinger-Lohe model for quantum synchronization with non-identical natural frequencies. The main results are related to the characterization and convergence to phase-locked states for this quantum system. The results of this article are four-fold. Via a characterization of the fixed points of the system of correlations, we uncover a direct correspondence to the fixed points of the classical Kuramoto model. Depending on the coupling strength, $\kappa$, relative to natural frequencies, $\Omega_j$, a Lyapunov function is revealed which drives the system to the phase-locked state exponentially fast. Explicit bounds on the asymptotic configurations are granted via a parametric analysis. Finally, linear stability (instability) of the fixed points is provided via an eigenvalue perturbation argument. Although the Lyapunov and linear stability are related, their arguments and results are of a different nature. The Lyapunov stability provides a specific value $\kappa(\Omega_j)$, where for $\kappa>\kappa(\Omega_j)$, there exists a set of initial data, quantitatively defined, such that the system relaxes to the fixed point at a quantitatively defined exponential rate. While the linear stability is given by analysis of the Jacobian of the fixed points for values of $\kappa$ large, considering $\varepsilon=\frac{1}{\kappa}$ as the perturbation parameter. Under certain assumptions this provides stability for a wider range of $\kappa$ than that which is given in the Lyapunov argument.