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Constructing Nano-Object Quantum Superpositions with a Stern-Gerlach Interferometer

Quantum Physics 2022-05-13 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

Probing quantum mechanics, quantum aspects of general relativity along with the sensing and the constraining of classical gravity can all be enabled by unprecedented spatial sizes of superpositions of massive objects. In this paper, we show that there is a feasible setup sourced by realizable magnetic field gradients O(10100){\cal O}(10-100) Tm1^{-1} to construct a large spatial superposition of O(104108){\cal O}(10^{-4}-10^{-8}) m for masses O(10161014){\cal O}(10^{-16}-10^{-14}) kg over a time period of up to 0.1100.1-10 seconds.

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@article{arxiv.2105.01094,
  title  = {Constructing Nano-Object Quantum Superpositions with a Stern-Gerlach Interferometer},
  author = {Ryan J. Marshman and Anupam Mazumdar and Ron Folman and Sougato Bose},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.01094},
  year   = {2022}
}

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8 pages, 6 figures

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