Macroscopicity in an optomechanical matter-wave interferometer

André Xuereb, Hendrik Ulbricht, Mauro Paternostro*

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)53-56
Number of pages4
JournalOptics Communications
Volume337
Early online date19 Jun 2014
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Feb 2015

Keywords

  • Decoherence
  • Macroscopicity
  • Matter-wave interferometry
  • Optomechanics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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