Macroscopicity in an optomechanical matter-wave interferometer
Macroscopicity in an optomechanical matter-wave interferometer
We analyse a proposal that we have recently put forward for an interface between matter-wave and optomechanical technologies from the perspective of macroscopic quantumness. In particular, by making use of a measure of macroscopicity in quantum superpositions that is particularly well suited for continuous variables systems, we demonstrate the existence of working points for our interface at which a quantum mechanical superposition of genuinely mesoscopic states is achieved. Our proposal thus holds the potential to affirm itself as a viable atom-to-mechanics transducer of quantum coherences.
optomechanics, matter-wave interferometry, macroscopicity, decoherence
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Xuereb, André
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Ulbricht, Hendrik
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Paternostro, Mauro
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19 June 2014
Xuereb, André
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Ulbricht, Hendrik
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Paternostro, Mauro
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Xuereb, André, Ulbricht, Hendrik and Paternostro, Mauro
(2014)
Macroscopicity in an optomechanical matter-wave interferometer.
Optics Communications, .
(doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2014.06.006).
Abstract
We analyse a proposal that we have recently put forward for an interface between matter-wave and optomechanical technologies from the perspective of macroscopic quantumness. In particular, by making use of a measure of macroscopicity in quantum superpositions that is particularly well suited for continuous variables systems, we demonstrate the existence of working points for our interface at which a quantum mechanical superposition of genuinely mesoscopic states is achieved. Our proposal thus holds the potential to affirm itself as a viable atom-to-mechanics transducer of quantum coherences.
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Published date: 19 June 2014
Keywords:
optomechanics, matter-wave interferometry, macroscopicity, decoherence
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Local EPrints ID: 367128
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/367128
ISSN: 0030-4018
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