Transfer of Nonclassical Properties from A Microscopic Superposition to Macroscopic Thermal States in The High Temperature Limit
Quantum Physics
2007-05-23 v3
Abstract
We present several examples where prominent quantum properties are transferred from a microscopic superposition to thermal states at high temperatures. Our work is motivated by an analogy of Schrodinger's cat paradox, where the state corresponding to the virtual cat is a mixed thermal state with a large average photon number. Remarkably, quantum entanglement can be produced between thermal states with nearly the maximum Bell-inequality violation even when the temperatures of both modes approach infinity.
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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0410210,
title = {Transfer of Nonclassical Properties from A Microscopic Superposition to Macroscopic Thermal States in The High Temperature Limit},
author = {Hyunseok Jeong and Timothy C. Ralph},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0410210},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
minor corrections, acknowledgments added, Phys.Rev.Lett., in press