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Toward Quantum Superposition of Living Organisms

Thu, 2010-03-11 12:14 - Lukas Theussl
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Date: 
2010-03-11
Author(s): 

Oriol Romero-Isart, Mathieu L. Juan, Romain Quidant, J. Ignacio Cirac

Reference: 

New J. Phys. 12, 033015 (2010)

URL: 

http://iopscience.iop.org/1367-2630/12/3/033015

The authors propose a novel approach to prepare mesoscopic mechanical systems in superposition, or entangled states at room temperatures. A promising setup for the implementation of these ideas consists of levitated nanospheres coupled to high-finesse cavities.