Characterising the precision of a clock without any external time reference

arXiv:2609.31832 · quant-ph · Submitted 2026-09-25 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-09-25

Updated: 2026-09-25

Terminology

• Calibration — 3× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Accuracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Consistency — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Decoupling — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Entanglement — 1× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• Temporal consistency — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• Ticking clocks in quantum theory
• Feedback-Induced Advantage in Quantum Clockworks
• Heterodyne fiber interferometer for frequency-noise reduction and rapid wide-band tunability of a conventional laser source

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