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ArticleNature physics2025

Precision is not limited by the second law of thermodynamics.

Florian Meier, Yuri Minoguchi, Simon Sundelin, Tony J G Apollaro, Paul Erker, Simone Gasparinetti, Marcus Huber

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Article in Nature physics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors.

Florian MeierAtominstitut, Technische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-4337-3846
Yuri MinoguchiAtominstitut, Technische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria.
Simon SundelinDepartment of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID 0009-0001-1349-0809
Tony J G ApollaroDepartment of Physics, University of Malta, Msida, Malta.ORCID 0000-0002-9324-9336
Paul ErkerAtominstitut, Technische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria.
Simone GasparinettiDepartment of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-7238-693X
Marcus HuberAtominstitut, Technische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-1985-4623

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Physical devices operating out of equilibrium are affected by thermal fluctuations, limiting their operational precision. This issue is particularly pronounced at microscopic and quantum scales, where its mitigation requires additional entropy dissipation. Understanding this constraint is important for both fundamental physics and technological design. Clocks, for example, need a thermodynamic flux towards equilibrium to measure time, resulting in a minimum entropy dissipation per clock tick. Although classical and quantum models often show a linear relationship between precision and dissipation, the ultimate bounds on this relationship remain unclear. Here we present an autonomous quantum many-body clock model that achieves clock precision that scales exponentially with entropy dissipation. This is enabled by coherent transport in a spin chain with tailored couplings, where dissipation is confined to a single link. The result demonstrates that coherent quantum dynamics can surpass the traditional thermodynamic precision limits, potentially guiding the development of future high-precision, low-dissipation quantum devices.

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Quantum informationSingle photons and quantum effects

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PMID40678618
PMCPMC12263443

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