Optomechanics toward macroscopic quantum superpositions
Light can push and cool tiny mirrors, membranes and floating glass beads until their motion is quantum. The aim is to put ever heavier objects into superpositions of two places at once.
Why it matters
Massive superpositions test whether quantum mechanics holds at large scales or is modified by collapse.
Review
M. Aspelmeyer, T. J. Kippenberg, F. Marquardt, Cavity optomechanics, Reviews of Modern Physics, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.86.1391 reference checked
See also
- Special case of Macroscopic superpositions and the quantum-classical boundary
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