Coherent inflation for large quantum superpositions of levitated microspheres

DOI10.1088/1367-2630/AA99BFarXiv1612.04290WikidataQ62254975 ScholiaQ62254975MaRDI QIDQ6204464FDOQ6204464

Publication date: 28 March 2024

Published in: New Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that coherent inflation, namely quantum dynamics generated by inverted conservative potentials acting on the center of mass of a massive object, is an enabling tool to prepare large spatial quantum superpositions in a double-slit experiment. Combined with cryogenic, extreme high vacuum, and low-vibration environments, we argue that it is experimentally feasible to exploit coherent inflation to prepare the center of mass of a micrometer-sized object in a spatial quantum superposition comparable to its size. In such a hitherto unexplored parameter regime gravitationally-induced decoherence could be unambiguously falsified. We present a protocol to implement coherent inflation in a double-slit experiment by letting a levitated microsphere traverse a static potential landscape. Such a protocol could be experimentally implemented with an all-magnetic scheme using superconducting microspheres.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1612.04290

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics, structure of matter (82-XX) Quantum theory (81-XX) Relativity and gravitational theory (83-XX)

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