Abstract
Linear superpositions of macroscopically distinct quantum states (sometimes also called Schrödinger cat states) are usually almost immediately reduced to a statistical mixture if exposed to the dephasing influence of a dissipative environment. Couplings to the environment with a certain symmetry can lead to slow decoherence, however. We give specific examples of slowly decohering Schrödinger cat states in a realistic quantum optical system and discuss how they might be constructed experimentally.
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Braun, D., Braun, P.A., Haake, F. (2000). Slow Decoherence of Superpositions of Macroscopically Distinct States. In: Blanchard, P., Joos, E., Giulini, D., Kiefer, C., Stamatescu, IO. (eds) Decoherence: Theoretical, Experimental, and Conceptual Problems. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 538. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46657-6_4
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