Quantum Clock Synchronization Based on Shared Prior Entanglement

Richard Jozsa, Daniel S. Abrams, Jonathan P. Dowling, and Colin P. Williams
Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 2010 – Published 28 August 2000
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Abstract

We demonstrate that two spatially separated parties (Alice and Bob) can utilize shared prior quantum entanglement, and classical communications, to establish a synchronized pair of atomic clocks. In contrast to classical synchronization schemes, the accuracy of our protocol is independent of Alice's or Bob's knowledge of their relative locations or of the properties of the intervening medium.

  • Received 15 June 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.2010

©2000 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Richard Jozsa2, Daniel S. Abrams1, Jonathan P. Dowling1, and Colin P. Williams1

  • 1Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109-8099
  • 2Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol, Merchant Venturers Building, Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UB, United Kingdom

Comments & Replies

Jozsa et al. Reply:

Richard Jozsa, Danial S. Abrams, Jonathan P. Dowling, and Colin P. Williams
Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 129802 (2001)

Comment on “Quantum Clock Synchronization Based on Shared Prior Entanglement”

Eric A. Burt, Christopher R. Ekstrom, and Thomas B. Swanson
Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 129801 (2001)

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Vol. 85, Iss. 9 — 28 August 2000

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