Macroscopic Quantum Superpositions Macrorealism and the Quantum to Classical Transition

Name: Macroscopic Quantum Superpositions Macrorealism and the Quantum to Classical Transition
Start: 2011-02-03T15:00:00+01:00
End: 2011-02-03T17:30:00+01:00
Location: Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, Frascati

Thursday 3 Feb 2011, 15:00 → 17:30 Europe/Rome

Aula Seminari (Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, Frascati)

Aula Seminari

Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, Frascati

Via Enrico Fermi 40 00044 Frascati

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ABSTRACT

The quantum nonseparability of a high gain Macroscopic Quantum Superposition (MQS) generated by a Optical Parametric Amplifier in different quantum-injection configurations is demonstrated experimentally. This corresponds to the first working realization of the celebrated 1935 “Schrödinger’s Cat” paradigmatic proposal. The unexpected, striking resilience to decoherence of the quantum-injected device is investtigated in the light of fundamental principles. In particular, on the basis of a well justified conjecture we are led to draw conclusions about the emergence of the classical world in any quantum mechanical process. In addition, our system will be analyzed as a sensible model of metabolic parametric amplification process in complex biological systems as the charge amplification and transfer in a neural network in the brain.

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Macroscopic Quantum Superpositions Macrorealism and the Quantum to Classical Transition

Aula Seminari

Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, Frascati