Characterizations and Quantifications of Macroscopic Quantumness and Its Implementations using Optical Fields
Quantum Physics
2015-03-24 v3
Abstract
We present a review and discussions on characterizations and quantifications of macroscopic quantum states as well as their implementations and applications in optical systems. We compare and criticize different measures proposed to define and quantify macroscopic quantum superpositions and extend such comparisons to several types of optical quantum states actively considered for experimental implementations within recent research topics.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1407.0126,
title = {Characterizations and Quantifications of Macroscopic Quantumness and Its Implementations using Optical Fields},
author = {Hyunseok Jeong and Minsu Kang and Hyukjoon Kwon},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.0126},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
13 pages, 2 figures, references added, review article to be published in the Special Issue of Optics Communications on Macroscopic Quantumness: Theory and Applications in Optical Sciences