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Optomechanical Toy Model for Gravitationally Induced Decoherence: Exact Solution

Quantum Physics 2017-04-03 v1 Other Condensed Matter Optics

Abstract

I present the exact solution of a toy model for gravitationally induced decoherence. The toy model has Hamiltonian resembling optomechanical systems. It is an oscillator system coupled through its energy to an oscillator heat bath. I find the decoherence effect of vacuum fluctuations at zero temperature. Also for a finite bath I show that the decoherence is in general present and the system does not return to its initial coherence unless the fundamental frequencies of the bath have rational ratios.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1703.10687,
  title  = {Optomechanical Toy Model for Gravitationally Induced Decoherence: Exact Solution},
  author = {Seyyed M. H. Halataei},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.10687},
  year   = {2017}
}

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5 pages , 1 figure

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