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Squeezed-slit Bohr-Einstein Interferometer

量子物理 2026-05-28 v1 原子物理 光学 科普物理

摘要

The Einstein-Bohr recoiling-slit gedankenexperiment, a cornerstone of quantum complementarity, has long been constrained by the zero-point fluctuations of the atomic slit -- the spatial Standard Quantum Limit (SQL). Here we transcend this fundamental boundary through active quantum state engineering of a single-atom slit. By implementing a non-adiabatic quench-evolve-quench protocol, we prepare the atomic motion in a squeezed state, dynamically redistributing phase-space uncertainty to suppress which-path information and restore high-visibility interference beyond the static vacuum limit. We report an intrinsic visibility of 0.9380.008+0.0040.938_{-0.008}^{+0.004}, violating the SQL (0.8190.819) by over 10 standard deviations, corresponding to 7.6(2)7.6(2) dB of effective squeezing. Our work reveals Kerr-induced non-Gaussian dynamics and reinterprets the traditional interferometer as a powerful tool for continuous-variable Wigner tomography, bridging the gap between quantum foundations and advanced metrology.

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@article{arxiv.2605.28038,
  title  = {Squeezed-slit Bohr-Einstein Interferometer},
  author = {Hao-Wen Cheng and Xu-Zhao-Qiu Zeng and Yu-Chen Zhang and Yu-Hao Deng and Zhan Wu and Rui Lin and Yu-Cheng Duan and Zi-Han Chen and Jun Rui and Ming-Cheng Chen and Chao-Yang Lu and Jian-Wei Pan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.28038},
  year   = {2026}
}