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Testing the limits of the applicability of quantum mechanics will deepen our understanding of the universe and may shed light on the interplay between quantum mechanics and gravity. At present there is a wide range of approaches for such…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-02 Lydia A. Kanari-Naish , Jack Clarke , Michael R. Vanner , Edward A. Laird

High contrast matter-wave interferometry is essential in various fundamental quantum mechanical experiments as well as for technical applications. Thereby, contrast and sensitivity are typically reduced by decoherence and dephasing effects.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-11-18 Andreas Günther , Alexander Rembold , Georg Schütz , Alexander Stibor

The tilted-wave interferometer is a promising technique for the development of a reference measurement system for the highly accurate form measurement of aspheres and freeform surfaces. The technique combines interferometric measurements,…

We show that detecting steady-state Coulomb-mediated reduction in the thermal variance of the differential motional mode of two nanospheres can bound the Continuous Spontaneous Localization (CSL) parameter ($\lambda_{{\text{CSL}}}$). For…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-24 Suroj Dey , Peter Barker , Animesh Datta

We present a quantum computing simulation study of mass-dependent decoherence models inspired by Penrose's gravity-induced collapse hypothesis. According to objective reduction (OR) theory, quantum superpositions become unstable when the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-15 Viswak R Balaji , Samuel Punch

A novel approach for measuring wavefunction collapse is proposed which, unlike interferometric measurements, is not affected by decoherence. A mirror of a Michelson interferometer is transferred into a quantum superposition, where the decay…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-13 Garrelt Quandt-Wiese

Some collapse models proposed that gravitational effects cause the instability of mass distribution superpositions, leading to wave function collapse. In this paper, we utilize the quantum Boltzmann equation (QBE) to analyze the behavior of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-14 Moslem Zarei

Bayesian inference is a widely used technique for real-time characterization of quantum systems. It excels in experimental characterization in the low data regime, and when the measurements have degrees of freedom. A decisive factor for its…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-10 Alexandra Ramôa , Raffaele Santagati , Nathan Wiebe

We present an innovative optical imaging system for measuring parameters of a small particle such as a macromolecule or nanoparticle at the quantum limit of sensitivity. In comparison to the conventional confocal interferometric scattering…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-14 Fabian Müller , Emre Köse , Alfred J. Meixner , Erik Schäffer , Daniel Braun

Recent work has provided the means to rigorously determine properties of super-hadronic matter from experimental data through the application of broad scale modeling of high-energy nuclear collisions within a Bayesian framework. These…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-03-23 Evan Sangaline , Scott Pratt

The quantum superposition principle, a key distinction between quantum physics and classical mechanics, is often perceived as a philosophical challenge to our concepts of reality, locality or space-time since it contrasts our intuitive…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-09-13 Sandra Eibenberger , Stefan Gerlich , Markus Arndt , Marcel Mayor , Jens Tüxen

One of the important goals of present research is to control and manipulate coherence in a broad variety of systems, such as semiconductor spintronics, biological photosynthetic systems, superconducting qubits and complex atomic networks.…

Wavefunction collapse is a puzzling aspect of quantum mechanics. Designing a test to confirm the instantaneousness of collapse has turned out to be challenging, especially for collapse in configuration space. We propose a test using two…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-28 Avi Marchewka

We propose a method to prepare and verify spatial quantum superpositions of a nanometer-sized object separated by distances of the order of its size. This method provides unprecedented bounds for objective collapse models of the wave…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-07-08 O. Romero-Isart , A. C. Pflanzer , F. Blaser , R. Kaltenbaek , N. Kiesel , M. Aspelmeyer , J. I. Cirac

Spontaneous wavefunction collapse models offer a solution to the quantum measurement problem, by modifying the Schr\"odinger equation with nonlinear and stochastic terms. The Continuous Spontaneous Localisation (CSL) model is the most…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-26 Davide Giordano Ario Altamura , Andrea Vinante , Matteo Carlesso

Wavefunction collapse models modify Schr\"odinger's equation so that it describes the collapse of a superposition of macroscopically distinguishable states as a dynamical process. This provides a basis for the resolution of the quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-11-26 Daniel Bedingham , Hendrik Ulbricht

Imaging of surface adsorbed molecules is investigated as a novel detection method for matter wave interferometry with fluorescent particles. Mechanically magnified fluorescence imaging turns out to be an excellent tool for recording quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Alexander Stibor , Andre Stefanov , Fabienne Goldfarb , Elisabeth Reiger , Markus Arndt

Bayesian estimation is a powerful theoretical paradigm for the operation of quantum sensors. However, the Bayesian method for statistical inference generally suffers from demanding calibration requirements that have so far restricted its…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-22 Samuel P. Nolan , Augusto Smerzi , Luca Pezzè

The generic question is considered: How can we determine the probability of an otherwise quasirandom event, having been triggered by an external influence? A specific problem is the quantification of the success of techniques to trigger,…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2014-11-04 A. J. Webster

We demonstrate a near-field Talbot-Lau interferometer for C-70 fullerene molecules. Such interferometers are particularly suitable for larger masses. Using three free-standing gold gratings of one micrometer period and a transversally…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-16 B. Brezger , L. Hackermüller , S. Uttenthaler , J. Petschinka , M. Arndt , A. Zeilinger