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Creating macroscopic spatial quantum superposition with a nanoparticle has a multitude of applications, ranging from testing the foundations of quantum mechanics, matter-wave interferometer for detecting gravitational waves and probing the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-02 Tian Zhou , Sougato Bose , Anupam Mazumdar

The rotation of a nanoparticle in a quantum system has many applications, from theory to experiments. This paper will treat nanoparticle rotational dynamics for spin-embedded nanorotors. We will model it as a rigid body that properly treats…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-28 Ryan Rizaldy , Tian Zhou , Sougato Bose , Anupam Mazumdar

This study presents a mathematical model of the spatial and rotational motion of a nanodiamond in an inverted harmonic potential to create a macroscopic quantum spatial superposition. The model is based on the Stern-Gerlach Interferometer…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-03 Ryan Rizaldy , Tian Zhou , Run Zhou , Anupam Mazumdar

We investigate a Stern-Gerlach type matter-wave interferometer where an inhomogeneous magnetic field couples to an embedded spin in a nanoparticle to create spatial superpositions. Employing a sequence of harmonic and inverted harmonic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-11 Sneha Narasimha Moorthy , Anupam Mazumdar

We analyze decoherence in a one-loop Stern--Gerlach--type matter-wave interferometer for a massive nanoparticle embedded with a nitrogen vacancy (NV)-centred nanodiamond evolving under an effective harmonic-oscillator dynamics in a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-26 Sneha Narasimha Moorthy , Andrew Geraci , Sougato Bose , Anupam Mazumdar

Quantum mechanics (QM) and General relativity (GR), also known as the theory of gravity, are the two pillars of modern physics. A matter-wave interferometer with a massive particle can test numerous fundamental ideas, including the spatial…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-22 N. Levi , O. Feldman , Y. Rosenzweig , D. Groswasser , A. Elgarat , M. Gal-Katizri , R. Folman

In this paper, we will show how random fluctuations in the magnetic field will jitter the paths of a matter-wave interferometer randomly, hence, decohere the quantum superposition. To create a large spatial superposition with nanoparticles,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-26 Sneha Narasimha Moorthy , Andrew Geraci , Sougato Bose , Anupam Mazumdar

Realizing a spatial superposition with massive objects is one of the most fundamental challenges, as it will test quantum theory in new regimes, probe quantum-gravity, and enable to test exotic theories like gravitationally induced…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-29 Yonathan Japha , Ron Folman

Quantum mechanics (QM) and General relativity (GR), also known as the theory of gravity, are the two pillars of modern physics. A matter-wave interferometer with a massive particle can test numerous fundamental ideas, including the spatial…

Quantum mechanics (QM) and General relativity (GR), also known as the theory of gravity, are the two pillars of modern physics. A matter-wave interferometer with a massive particle can test numerous fundamental ideas, including the spatial…

In this paper, we will show how finite-temperature corrections and spin-dependent/independent noise will affect the contrast in a matter-wave interferometer, especially with massive objects and large spatial superposition sizes. Typically,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-02 Tian Zhou , Ryan Rizaldy , Martine Schut , Anupam Mazumdar

Utilizing the Stern-Gerlach apparatus to create matter-wave superposition states is a long-sought-after goal, not only due to its potential applications in the quantum realm but also because of its fundamental implications for studying the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-28 Qian Xiang , Run Zhou , Sougato Bose , Anupam Mazumdar

Quantum mechanics (QM) and General relativity (GR), also known as the theory of gravity, are the two pillars of modern physics. A matter-wave interferometer with a massive particle, can test numerous fundamental ideas, including the spatial…

Quantum mechanics (QM) and General relativity (GR), also known as the theory of gravity, are the two pillars of modern physics. A matter-wave interferometer with a massive particle can test numerous fundamental ideas, including the spatial…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-20 Maria Muretova , Yonathan Japha , Marko Toros , Ron Folman

There is no consensus among today's physicists about how to describe the gravitational interaction properly in a quantum framework. We propose in this paper an experimental test aimed at revealing the existence of a non-linear…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-08 Mohamed Hatifi , Thomas Durt

We explore a wide range of fundamental magnetic phenomena by measuring the dephasing of matter-wave interference fringes upon application of a variable magnetic gradient. The versatility of our interferometric Stern-Gerlach technique…

Matter-wave interferometry provides a remarkably sensitive tool for probing minute forces and, potentially, the foundations of quantum physics by making use of interference between spatially separated matter waves. Furthering this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-07-15 Julen S. Pedernales , Gavin W. Morley , Martin B. Plenio

Levitated nanodiamonds containing negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy centers (${\text{NV}}^{-}$) have been proposed as a platform to generate macroscopic spatial superpositions. Requirements for this include having a long ${\text{NV}}^{-}$…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-02-01 B. D. Wood , S. Bose , G. W. Morley

Recently, there has been a proposal to test the quantum nature of gravity in the laboratory by witnessing the growth of entanglement between two masses in spatial quantum superpositions. The required superpositions can be created via…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-11 Lorenzo Braccini , Martine Schut , Alessio Serafini , Anupam Mazumdar , Sougato Bose

Quantum mechanics (QM) and General relativity (GR), also known as the theory of gravity, are the two pillars of modern physics. A matter-wave interferometer with a massive particle, can test numerous fundamental ideas, including the spatial…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-12 Peter Skakunenko , Daniel Folman , Yaniv Bar-Haim , Ron Folman
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