Testing spontaneous localization theories with matter-wave interferometry
- Author(s)
- Stefan Nimmrichter, Klaus Hornberger, Philipp Haslinger, Markus Arndt
- Abstract
We propose to test the theory of continuous spontaneous localization (CSL) in an all-optical time-domain Talbot-Lau interferometer for clusters with masses exceeding 10(6) amu. By assessing the relevant environmental decoherence mechanisms, as well as the growing size of the particles relative to the grating fringes, we argue that it will be feasible to test the quantum superposition principle in a mass range excluded by recent estimates of the CSL effect.
- Organisation(s)
- Quantum Optics, Quantum Nanophysics and Quantum Information
- External organisation(s)
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme
- Journal
- Physical Review A
- Volume
- 83
- No. of pages
- 4
- ISSN
- 1050-2947
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.83.043621
- Publication date
- 2011
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 103026 Quantum optics
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/6c1ec99c-fe1a-4d7d-8538-607cef983475