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We utilise a magneto-mechanical levitated massive resonator in the quantum regime to prepare highly macroscopic quantum superposition states. Using these macroscopic superpositions we present a novel interferometry protocol to perform…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-12-23 Mattias T. Johnsson , Gavin K. Brennen , Jason Twamley

A free-falling nanodiamond containing a nitrogen vacancy centre in a spin superposition should experience a superposition of forces in an inhomogeneous magnetic field. We propose a practical design that brings the internal temperature of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-10-17 Sougato Bose , Gavin W. Morley

Ultra-cold atoms provide ideal platforms for interferometry. The macroscopic matter-wave property of ultra-cold atoms leads to large coherent length and long coherent time, which enable high accuracy and sensitivity to measurement. Here, we…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2021-01-25 Xiangyu Dong , Shengjie Jin , Hongmian Shui , Peng Peng , Xiaoji Zhou

Atomic interferometry in optical lattices is a new trend of developing practical quantum gravimeter. Here, we propose a compact and portable gravimetry scheme with an ensemble of ultracold atoms in gravitationally tilted spin-dependent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-11-28 Yongguan Ke , Jiahao Huang , Min Zhuang , Bo Lu , Chaohong Lee

Placing a large mass in a large spatial superposition, such as a Schr\"odinger Cat state is a significant and important challenge. In particular, the large spatial superposition (${\cal O}(10-100)$ $\mu$m) of mesoscopic masses ($m\sim {\cal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-29 Run Zhou , Ryan J. Marshman , Sougato Bose , Anupam Mazumdar

We present a scheme for achieving macroscopic quantum superpositions in optomechanical systems by using single photon postselection and detecting them with nested interferometers. This method relieves many of the challenges associated with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-10-08 Brian Pepper , Roohollah Ghobadi , Evan Jeffrey , Christoph Simon , Dirk Bouwmeester

Quantum superposition is central to quantum theory but challenges our concepts of reality and spacetime when applied to macroscopic objects like Schr\"odinger's cat. For that reason, it has been a long-standing question whether quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-03-14 Rainer Kaltenbaek

We introduce a Ramsey pulse scheme which extracts the non-Hermitian Hamiltonian associated to an arbitrary Lindblad dynamics. We propose a realted protocol to measure via interferometry a generalised Loschmidt echo of a generic state…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2020-07-08 F. Tonielli , N. Chakraborty , F. Grusdt , J. Marino

Tests of quantum mechanics on a macroscopic scale require extreme control over mechanical motion and its decoherence. Quantum control of mechanical motion has been achieved by engineering the radiation-pressure coupling between a…

The superposition principle is one of the main tenets of quantum mechanics. Despite its counter-intuitiveness, it has been experimentally verified using electrons, photons, atoms, and molecules. However, a similar experimental demonstration…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-02-25 A T M Anishur Rahman

Qudits, with their state space of dimension d > 2, open fascinating experimental prospects. The quantum properties of their states provide new potentialities for quantum information, quantum contextuality, expressions of geometric phases,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-25 Clément Godfrin , Rafik Ballou , Edgar Bonet , Mario Ruben , Svetlana Klyatskaya , Wolfgang Wernsdorfer , Franck Balestro

Creating macroscopic spatial superposition states is crucial for investigating matter-wave interferometry and advancing quantum sensor technology. Currently, two potential methods exist to achieve this objective. The first involves using…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-14 Run Zhou , Qian Xiang , Anupam Mazumdar

We propose a new scheme for an improved determination of the Newtonian gravitational constant G and evaluate it by numerical simulations. Cold atoms in free fall are probed by atom interferometry measurements to characterize the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2021-07-12 M. Jain , G. M. Tino , L. Cacciapuoti , G. Rosi

Evanescent light can be localized at the nanoscale by resonant absorption in a plasmonic nanoparticle or taper or by transmission through a nanohole. However, a conventional lens cannot focus free-space light beyond half of the wavelength…

Optics · Physics 2018-05-31 Guang Hui Yuan , Edward T. F. Rogers , Nikolay I. Zheludev

One of the major limitations of atomic gravimeters is represented by the vibration noise of the measurement platform, which cannot be distinguished from the relevant acceleration signal. We demonstrate a new method to perform an atom…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2019-06-05 G. D'Amico , L. Cacciapuoti , M. Jain , S. Zhan , G. Rosi

Although interference is a classical-wave phenomenon, the superposition principle, which underlies interference of individual particles, is at the heart of quantum physics. An interaction-free measurements (IFM) harnesses the wave-particle…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 Xiao-song Ma , Xiang Guo , Carsten Schuck , King Y. Fong , Liang Jiang , Hong X. Tang

Witnessing the quantum nature of spacetime is an exceptionally challenging task. However, the quantum gravity-induced entanglement of matter (QGEM) protocol proposes such a test by testing entanglement between adjacent matter-wave…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-19 Martine Schut , Anupam Mazumdar

We propose to use Ramsey interferometry and single-site addressability, available in synthetic matter such as cold atoms or trapped ions, to measure real-space and time resolved spin correlation functions. These correlation functions…

Using cold 87Rb atoms trapped in a 1D-optical lattice, atomic interferometers involving coherent superpositions between different Wannier-Stark atomic states are realized. Two di fferent kinds of trapped interferometer schemes are…

We study a modified Ramsey spectroscopy technique employing slowly decaying states for quantum metrology applications using dense ensembles. While closely positioned atoms exhibit superradiant collective decay and dipole-dipole induced…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-22 Laurin Ostermann , David Plankensteiner , Helmut Ritsch , Claudiu Genes