Slow Decoherence of Superpositions of Macroscopically Distinct States

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dc.creatorBraun, Daniel
dc.creatorBraun, Petr A.
dc.creatorHaake, Fritz
dc.date1999-03-11
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:16:17Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T06:16:17Z
dc.descriptionLinear superpositions of macroscopically distinct quantum states (sometimes also called Schrödinger cat states) are usually almost immediately reduced to a statistical mixture if exposed to the dephasing influence of a dissipative environment. Couplings to the environment with a certain symmetry can lead to slow decoherence, however. We give specific examples of slowly decohering Schrödinger cat states in a realistic quantum optical system and discuss how they might be constructed experimentally.
dc.description8 pages of revtex; to be published in proceedings of the 1998 Bielefeld Conference on 'Decoherence: Theoretical, Experimental, and Conceptual Problems'
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9903041
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9903041
dc.identifierLect.Notes Phys. 538 (2000) 55-66
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/94012
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.subjectMesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
dc.subjectOptics
dc.titleSlow Decoherence of Superpositions of Macroscopically Distinct States
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