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Quantum interferences between non-orthogonal states are the best approximation of a joint realization of the non-commuting physical properties represented by the two states. As I have shown recently, such interferences can be used to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-06-04 Holger F. Hofmann

Progress in the reliable preparation, coherent propagation and efficient detection of many-body states has recently brought collective quantum phenomena of many identical particles into the spotlight. This tutorial introduces the physics of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-05-09 Malte C. Tichy

Quantum mechanics allows coherent superposition between different states of matter. This quality is responsible for major non-classical phenomena that occur in quantum systems. Beyond states, coherent superpositions are also possible…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-10-16 Manabendra Nath Bera

In the pursuit of speculative new particles, forces, and dimensions with vanishingly small influence on normal matter, understanding the ultimate physical limits of experimental sensitivity is essential. Here, I show that quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-12-10 C. Jess Riedel

In quantum information and communication one looks for the non-classical features like interference and quantum correlations to harness the true power of composite systems. We show how the concept akin to interference is, in fact,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-08-11 Lin Zhang , Arun Kumar Pati , Junde Wu

It is argued that the three assumptions of quantum collapse, one photon-one count, and relativity of simultaneity cannot hold together: Nonlocal correlations can depend on the referential frames of the beam-splitters but not of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Antoine Suarez

Quantum incompatibility, referred as the phenomenon that some quantum measurements cannot be performed simultaneously, is necessary for various quantum information processing tasks, such as nonlocality and steering. When these applications…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-19 Xiaolin Zhang , Rui Qu , Zehong Chang , Yunlong Wang , Zhenyu Guo , Min An , Hong Gao , Fuli Li , Pei Zhang

Quantum networks are emerging as powerful platforms for sensing, communication, and fundamental tests of physics. We propose a programmable quantum sensing network based on entangled atomic ensembles, where optical clock qubits emulate mass…

The quantum superposition principle has been extensively utilized in the quantum mechanical description of the bonding phenomenon. It explains the emergence of delocalized molecular orbitals and provides a recipe for the construction of…

We analyze a single-particle Mach-Zehnder interferometer experiment in which the path length of one arm may change (randomly or systematically) according to the value of an external two-valued variable $x$, for each passage of a particle…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-12-13 K. Michielsen , Th. Lippert , M. Richter , B. Barbara , S. Miyashita , H. De Raedt

Advancements in physics are often motivated/accompanied by advancements in our precision measurements abilities. The current generation of atomic and optical interferometers is limited by shot noise, a fundamental limit when estimating a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-11-20 Luca Pezze' , Augusto Smerzi

Micro-optomechanical systems are central to a number of recent proposals for realizing quantum mechanical effects in relatively massive systems. Here we focus on a particular class of experiments which aim to demonstrate massive quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. Kleckner , I. Pikovski , E. Jeffrey , L. Ament , E. Eliel , J. van den Brink , D. Bouwmeester

In this paper we present 'Quantum Model Theory' (QMod), a theory we developed to model entities that entail the typical quantum effects of 'contextuality', 'superposition', 'interference', 'entanglement' and 'emergence'. The aim of QMod is…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-01-08 Diederik Aerts , Sandro Sozzo

The specific advance of this work is to propose a mechanism by which superpositions collapse during measurement of the separated subsystems of entangled quantum states. It is shown how the phase that locks together entangled states plays a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-20 Gregory D. Scholes

In classical mechanics and electromagnetism, interference occurs when two or more waves overlap at the same point in spacetime. However, the advent of quantum electrodynamics (QED) and its remarkable success in describing light-matter…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-15 Alan C. Santos , Celso J. Villas-Boas

The concept of randomized measurements on individual particles has proven to be useful for analyzing quantum systems and is central for methods like shadow tomography of quantum states. We introduce $\textit{collective}$ randomized…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-12 Satoya Imai , Géza Tóth , Otfried Gühne

An operational measure to quantify the sizes of some ``macroscopic quantum superpositions'', realized in recent experiments, is proposed. The measure is based on the fact that a superposition presents greater sensitivity in interferometric…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Gunnar Björk , Piero G. Luca Mana

The superposition principle lies at the heart of many non-classical properties of quantum mechanics. Motivated by this, we introduce a rigorous resource theory framework for the quantification of superposition of a finite number of linear…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-12-19 T. Theurer , N. Killoran , D. Egloff , M. B. Plenio

The interaction between two parts in a compound quantum system may be reconsidered more completely than before and some new understandings and conclusions different from current quantum mechanics are obtained, including the conservation law…

General Physics · Physics 2010-11-03 Tian-Hai Zeng

We consider a thought experiment where the preparation of a macroscopically massive or charged particle in a quantum superposition and the associated dynamics of a distant test particle apparently allow for superluminal communication. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-03-10 Andrea Mari , Giacomo De Palma , Vittorio Giovannetti