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We explore the impact of dimensionality on the scattering of a small bosonic ensemble in an elongated harmonic trap off a centered repulsive barrier, thereby taking particle correlations into account. The loss of coherence as well as the…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2017-07-19 V. J. Bolsinger , S. Krönke , P. Schmelcher

Symmetry implications for the decoherence of quantum oscillations of a two-state system in a solid are studied. When the oscillation frequency is small compared to the Debye frequency, the universal lower bound on the decoherence due to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Eugene M. Chudnovsky

Building upon the recently introduced particle interpretation of the double-slit experiment [Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 133603 (2025)] which attributes interference phenomena to detector-coupled (bright) and detector-uncoupled (dark) states of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-13 Jian-Jian Cheng , Jun-Ling Che , Lin Zhang , Ming-Liang Hu

We establish the most stringent experimental constraints coming from recent terrestrial neutrino experiments on quantum mechanical decoherence effects in neutrino systems. Taking a completely phenomenological approach, we probe vacuum…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-08-17 A. M. Gago , E. M. Moura , W. J. C. Teves , R. Zukanovich Funchal

Recent experiments have used scattering to map the flow of electrons in a two-dimensional electron gas. Among other things, the data from these experiments show perseverance of regular interference fringes beyond the kinematic thermal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. E. J. Shaw , R. Fleischmann , E. J. Heller

We provide a quantum approach description of neutron single and double-slit diffraction, with specific attention to the cold neutron diffraction ($\lambda \approx 20$\AA) carried out by Zeilinger et al. in 1988. We find the theoretical…

We point out three apparent inconsistencies in the treatment of oscillation coherence from reactor neutrino and source neutrino experiments in recent paper "Damping of neutrino oscillations, decoherence and the lengths of neutrino wave…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-09-02 B. J. P. Jones

We analyze single particle coherence and interference in the presence of particle loss and derive an inequality that relates the preservation of coherence, the creation of superposition with the vacuum, and the degree of particle loss. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Johan Aberg , Daniel K. L. Oi

Considering the neutrino state like an open quantum system, we analyze its propagation in vacuum or in matter. After defining what can be called decoherence and relaxation effects, we show that in general the probabilities in vacuum and in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-05-11 Roberto L. N. Oliveira , Marcelo M. Guzzo , Pedro C. de Holanda

The coherent control of a two-level system is among the most essential challenges in modern quantum optics. Understanding its fundamental limitations is crucial, also for the realization of next generation quantum devices. The quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-19 Michael K. Koch , Vibhav Bharadwaj , Alexander Kubanek

We study coherent superpositions of clockwise and anti-clockwise rotating intermediate complexes with overlapping resonances formed in bimolecular chemical reactions. Disintegration of such complexes represents an analog of famous…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-08-30 L. Benet , L. T. Chadderton , S. Yu. Kun , Wang Qi

For a transition $F_e=0\leftrightarrow F_g=1$ driven by a linearly polarized light and probed by a circularly light, quantum coherence effects are investigated. Due to the coherence between the drive Rabi frequency and Zeeman splitting,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Ying Gu , Qingqing Sun , Qihuang Gong

We generalize the notion of the Franhoufer diffraction from a single slit and a circular aperture to the case of partially temporal coherent and quasimonochromatic light. The problem is studied analytically and the effect of coherence…

Optics · Physics 2019-03-27 E. Koushki , S. A. Alavi

We use coherent backscattering (CBS) of light by cold Strontium atoms to study the mutual coherence of light waves in the multiple scattering regime. As the probe light intensity is increased, the atomic optical transition starts to be…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 T Chaneliere , D Wilkowski , Y Bidel , R Kaiser , C Miniatura

We reproduce the sub-exponential decoherence of one-dimensional quasicondensates observed in recent experiments. Counter-intuitively, the quasicondensates may decohere even when stongly coupled, if the temperature is large enough or the…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2009-08-21 R. G. Scott , D. A. W. Hutchinson

The neutron is a well-suited system to search for a violation of time reversal invariance beyond the Standard Model. Recent experiments and projects searching for time reversal violation in the neutron decay and in the neutron electric…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 T. Soldner

Partially coherent light beams are encountered both in classical and in quantum optics. Their coherence properties generally depend on the correlation properties of their sources. In this paper, we propose a technique for controlling the…

Optics · Physics 2012-10-24 Mayukh Lahiri , Emil Wolf

The properties of coherence and polarization of light has been the subject of intense investigations and form the basis of many technological applications. These concepts which historically have been treated independently can now be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-01-07 Bertúlio de Lima Bernardo

We consider quantum-decoherence effects in neutrino oscillation data. Working in the open quantum system framework we adopt a phenomenological approach that allows to parameterize the energy dependence of the decoherence effects. We…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-09-19 Valentina De Romeri , Carlo Giunti , Thomas Stuttard , Christoph A. Ternes

We investigate coherence in one- and two-photon optical systems, both theoretically and experimentally. In the first case, we develop the density operator representing a single photon state subjected to a non-dissipative coupling between…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Andrew J. Berglund