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Sagnac interferometry as a probe to the commutation relation of a macroscopic quantum mirror

发表日期:2010-10-30Luo Ziren来源:放大 缩小
Single photon Sagnac interferometry as a probe to macroscopic quantum mechanics is considered at the theoretical level. For a freely moving macroscopic quantum mirror susceptible to radiation pressure force inside a Sagnac interferometer, a careful analysis of the input-output relation reveals that the particle spectrum readout at the bright and dark ports encode information concerning the noncommutativity of position and momentum of the macroscopic mirror. A feasible experimental scheme to probe the commutation relation of a macroscopic quantum mirror is outlined to explore the possible frontier between classical and quantum regimes. In the Appendix, the case of Michelson interferometry as a feasible probe is also sketched. This paper was published as: Yang R, Gong XF, Pei SY, Luo ZR, Lau YK. Sagnac interferometry as a probe to the commutation relation of a macroscopic quantum mirror. PHYSICAL REVIEW A,82(3):032120(2010)

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