Decoherence of dielectric particles by thermal emission

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2407.01215v1
• Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 12:00:03 GMT
• Title: Decoherence of dielectric particles by thermal emission
• Authors: Jonas Schäfer, Benjamin A. Stickler, Klaus Hornberger,
• Abstract summary: We present the master equation describing the impact of heat radiation on the motional quantum state of arbitrarily sized and shaped rigid rotors. A counter-intuitive implication is that orientational superpositions of optically isotropic bodies are not protected by their symmetry, even in the small-particle limit.
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• Abstract: Levitated nanoparticles are a promising platform for sensing applications and for macroscopic quantum experiments. While the nanoparticles' motional temperatures can be reduced to near absolute zero, their uncontrolled internal degrees of freedom remain much hotter, inevitably leading to the emission of heat radiation. The decoherence and motional heating caused by this thermal emission process is still poorly understood beyond the case of the center-of-mass motion of point particles. Here, we present the master equation describing the impact of heat radiation on the motional quantum state of arbitrarily sized and shaped dielectric rigid rotors. It predicts the localization of spatio-orientational superpositions only based on the bulk material properties and the particle geometry. A counter-intuitive and experimentally relevant implication of the presented theory is that orientational superpositions of optically isotropic bodies are not protected by their symmetry, even in the small-particle limit.

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