Optomechanical Schrödinger cats - a case for space

Autor(en)

Rainer Kaltenbaek, Markus Aspelmeyer

Abstrakt

Quantum optomechanics exploits radiation pressure effects inside optical cavities. It can be used to generate quantum states of the center-of-mass motion of massive mechanical objects, thereby opening up a new parameter regime for macroscopic quantum experiments. The challenging experimental conditions to maintain and observe quantum coherence for increasingly large objects may require a space environment rather than an earth-bound laboratory. We introduce a possible space experiment to study the wave-packet expansion of massive objects. This forms the basis for Schrödinger cat states of unprecedented size and mass.

Organisation(en)

Quantenoptik, Quantennanophysik und Quanteninformation

Seiten

123-134

Anzahl der Seiten

12

DOI

https://doi.org/10.4171/121-1/6

Publikationsdatum

2013

ÖFOS 2012

103026 Quantenoptik, 103019 Mathematische Physik

Schlagwörter

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/20b6f94d-818e-4d94-b7ea-592a80ff13b8