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Injection Locking Of Rydberg Dissipative Time Crystals.

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Injection Locking Of Rydberg Dissipative Time Crystals.

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Darmindra Arumugam¹

¹Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA.

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|May 11, 2026

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Summary

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Researchers demonstrated injection locking for dissipative time crystals (DTCs) in Rydberg gases, stabilizing quantum temporal order. This method uses radio-frequency fields to synchronize oscillations, advancing quantum metrology and timekeeping applications.

Keywords:

Applied physics Atomic and molecular physics Nonlinear phenomena Quantum metrology

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Area of Science:

Quantum Optics and Many-Body Physics
Exploration of non-equilibrium quantum phenomena in Rydberg gases.

Background:

Non-equilibrium Rydberg gases display unique many-body phases driven by interactions and dissipation.
These systems can form dissipative time crystals (DTCs) characterized by sustained oscillations and broken time-translation symmetry.

Purpose of the Study:

To demonstrate and investigate the phenomenon of injection locking in a Rydberg dissipative time crystal.
To explore the control and stabilization of quantum temporal order using external fields.

Main Methods:

Utilized a radio-frequency (RF) electric field to gradually influence the intrinsic oscillation frequency of the Rydberg DTC.
Analyzed the synchronization behavior and locking bandwidth as a function of RF field amplitude.
Investigated the synchronization of higher-order harmonics to understand nonlinear dynamics.

Main Results:

Successfully demonstrated injection locking, where the Rydberg DTC's oscillations synchronized with the applied RF field above a critical threshold.
Observed a linear scaling of the locking bandwidth with the RF field amplitude.
Confirmed the entrainment of nonlinear temporal dynamics, including higher-order harmonics.

Conclusions:

Injection locking provides a robust method for stabilizing and controlling temporal order in dissipative quantum systems.
The phenomenon parallels classical injection locking but emerges in a strongly interacting quantum medium.
This technique offers potential applications in precision sensing, quantum metrology, and advanced timekeeping.