Schrödinger cat states and decoherence studies in cavity QED

. We review the cavity QED experiments performed at Ecole Normale Supérieure on mesoscopic state superpositions of field states and their decoherence. We also present the perspectives for Schrödinger cat studies opened by the development of a new set-up with cavities having extremely long field damp...

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Published in:The European physical journal. ST, Special topics Special topics, 2008-06, Vol.159 (1), p.19-26
Main Authors: Haroche, S., Brune, M., Raimond, J.-M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atomic
Classical and Continuum Physics
Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Science
Measurement Science and Instrumentation
Molecular
Optical and Plasma Physics
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
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Summary:. We review the cavity QED experiments performed at Ecole Normale Supérieure on mesoscopic state superpositions of field states and their decoherence. We also present the perspectives for Schrödinger cat studies opened by the development of a new set-up with cavities having extremely long field damping times, in the tenth of a second range.
ISSN:1951-6355
1951-6401
DOI:10.1140/epjst/e2008-00689-7