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An Optomechanical Platform for Quantum Hypothesis Testing for Collapse Models

Quantum Physics 2021-04-13 v2

Abstract

Quantum Hypothesis Testing has shown the advantages that quantum resources can offer in the discrimination of competing hypothesis. Here, we apply this framework to optomechanical systems and fundamental physics questions. In particular, we focus on an optomechanical system composed of two cavities employed to perform quantum channel discrimination. We show that input squeezed optical noise, and feasible measurement schemes on the output cavity modes, allow to obtain an advantage with respect to any comparable classical schemes. We apply these results to the discrimination of models of spontaneous collapse of the wavefunction, highlighting the possibilities offered by this scheme for fundamental physics searches.

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@article{arxiv.2012.02112,
  title  = {An Optomechanical Platform for Quantum Hypothesis Testing for Collapse Models},
  author = {Marta Maria Marchese and Alessio Belenchia and Stefano Pirandola and Mauro Paternostro},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.02112},
  year   = {2021}
}

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10 pages, 10 figures, 1 table

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