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We analyse the conditional states in which one part of a split spin-squeezed state is left, upon performing a collective spin measurement on the other part. For appropriate measurement directions and outcomes, we see the possibility of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-20 Jiajie Guo , Fengxiao Sun , Qiongyi He , Matteo Fadel

The symmetric collective states of an atomic spin ensemble (i.e., many-body states that are invariant under particle exchange) are not preserved by decoherence that acts identically but individually on members of the ensemble. We develop a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-05-20 Bradley A. Chase , J. M. Geremia

Cat states are a valuable resource for quantum metrology applications, promising to enable sensitivity down to the Heisenberg limit. Moreover, Schr\"odinger cat states, based on a coherent superposition of coherent states, show robustness…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-11 S. Zhao , M. G. Krauss , T. Bienaime , S. Whitlock , C. P. Koch , S. Qvarfort , A. Metelmann

This paper reviews and suggests a resolution of the problem of definite outcomes of measurement. This problem, also known as "Schrodinger's cat," has long posed an apparent paradox because the state resulting from a measurement appears to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-14 Art Hobson

The entangled state that results when a detector measures a superposed quantum system has spawned decades of concern about the problem of definite outcomes or "Schrodinger's cat." This state seems to describe a detector in an indefinite or…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-14 Art Hobson

The entangled Schrodinger cat state obtained immediately upon measurement of a superposed two-state quantum system is often considered paradoxical because it appears to predict two macroscopically different outcomes, such as an alive and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-14 Art Hobson

The entangled "Schrodinger's cat state" of a quantum and its measurement apparatus is not a paradoxical superposition of states but is instead a non-paradoxical superposition of nonlocal coherent correlations between states: An un-decayed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-14 Art Hobson

Schr\"odinger's cat originates from the famous thought experiment querying the counterintuitive quantum superposition of macroscopic objects. As a natural extension, several "cats" (quasi-classical objects) can be prepared into coherent…

In quantum metrology and quantum simulation, a coherent non-classical state must be manipulated before unwanted interactions with the environment lead to decoherence. In atom interferometry, the non-classical state is a spatial…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2024-08-19 Cristian D. Panda , Matthew Tao , James Egelhoff , Miguel Ceja , Victoria Xu , Holger Müller

This paper is a proposal for the generation of many-body entangled state in atomic and mechanical systems. Application of strong Rydberg dressing interaction and fast bifurcation scheme in an ultra-stable Cs lattice clock in this proposal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-10-24 Mohammadsadegh Khazali

Entanglement plays a crucial role in proposals for quantum metrology, yet demonstrating quantum enhancement in sensing with sustained spin entanglement remains a challenging endeavor. Here, we combine optical pumping and continuous quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-09 Junlei Duan , Zhiwei Hu , Xingda Lu , Liantuan Xiao , Suotang Jia , Klaus Mølmer , Yanhong Xiao

In quantum phase estimation, the Heisenberg limit provides the ultimate accuracy over quasi-classical estimation procedures. However, realizing this limit hinges upon both the detection strategy employed for output measurements and the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-23 Hanan Saidi , Hanane El Hadfi , Abdallah Slaoui , Rachid Ahl Laamara

By considering matter wave bright solitons from weakly coupled Bose-Einstein condensates trapped in a double-well potential, we study the formation of macroscopic non-classical states, including Schr\"odinger-cat superposition states and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-08-15 D. V. Tsarev , S. M. Arakelian , You-Lin Chuang , Ray-Kuang Lee , A. P. Alodjants

The quantum metrological performance of spin coherent states superposition is considered, and conditions for measurements with the Heisenberg-limit (HL) precision are identified. It is demonstrated that the choice of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-26 Yusef Maleki

The ability of matter to be superposed at two different locations while being intrinsically connected by a quantum phase is among the most counterintuitive predictions of quantum physics. While such superpositions have been created for a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-04-13 D. Kienzler , C. Flühmann , V. Negnevitsky , H. -Y. Lo , M. Marinelli , D. Nadlinger , J. P. Home

The quantum Cheshire cat effect is an important phenomenon in quantum mechanics that reveals the separability of physical properties from their carriers. This effect transcends the classical framework whose attributes must be inherently…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-14 Pan Zeming , Tan Naiming , Gao Chao , Yao Zhihai , Wang Xiaoqian

We show a general relationship between a superposition of macroscopically distinct states and sensitivity in quantum metrology. Generalized cat states are defined by using an index which extracts the coherence between macroscopically…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-09-18 Mamiko Tatsuta , Yuichiro Matsuzaki , Akira Shimizu

We summarize a recently proposed resolution of the quantum measurement problem. It stems from an insight into entanglement demonstrated in a 1991 experiment involving photon momenta. This experiment shows that, when two superposed quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-24 Art Hobson

The transition from quantum to classical, in the case of a quantum harmonic oscillator, is typically identified with the transition from a quantum superposition of macroscopically distinguishable states, such as the Schr\"odinger cat state,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-19 Janika Paavola , Michael J. W. Hall , Matteo G. A. Paris , Sabrina Maniscalco

Pure states are usually used to observe quantum phenomena. In this study, we show that a quantum superposition of spatially displaced mixed cat states can be generated within an optical waveguide via nonparaxial unitary evolution of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-01 N. I. Petrov