Coherent expansion of the motional state of a massive nanoparticle beyond its linear dimensions

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2408.09596v2
• Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 06:58:05 GMT
• Title: Coherent expansion of the motional state of a massive nanoparticle beyond its linear dimensions
• Authors: R. Muffato, T. S. Georgescu, M. Carlesso, M. Paternostro, H. Ulbricht,
• Abstract summary: Quantum mechanics predicts that massive particles exhibit wave-like behavior. We experimentally achieve an unprecedented degree of position diffusion in a massive levitated optomechanical system.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Quantum mechanics predicts that massive particles exhibit wave-like behavior. Matterwave interferometry has been able to validate such predictions through ground-breaking experiments involving microscopic systems like atoms and molecules. The wavefunction of such systems coherently extends over a distance much larger than their size, an achievement that is incredibly challenging for massive and more complex objects. Yet, reaching similar level of coherent diffusion will enable tests of fundamental physics at the genuinely macroscopic scale, as well as the development of quantum sensing apparata of great sensitivity. We report on experimentally achieving an unprecedented degree of position diffusion in a massive levitated optomechanical system through frequency modulation of the trapping potential. By starting with a pre-cooled state of motion and employing a train of sudden pulses yet of mild modulation depth, we surpass previously attained values of position diffusion in this class of systems to reach diffusion lengths that exceed the physical dimensions of the trapped nanoparticle.

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