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Decoherence and Matter Wave Interferometry

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Tabish Qureshi (Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi), Anu Venugopalan (G.G.S. Indraprastha University, Delhi)

Quantum Physics · Submitted 4 Feb 2006

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The authors' main claim Interestingly, decoherence does not affect the pattern, but only leads to a reduction in the fringe visibility.

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CitationAnu Venugopalan (G.G.S. Indraprastha University, Delhi), New Delhi), Tabish Qureshi (Jamia Millia Islamia. "Decoherence and Matter Wave Interferometry." arXiv:quant-ph/0602052 (2006). https://pith.science/paper/T4EK4FWE
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A two-slit interference of a massive particle in the presence of environment induced decoherence is theoretically analyzed using a fully quantum mechanical calculation. The Markovian Master equation, derived from coupling the particle to a harmonic-oscillator heat bath, is used to obtain exact solutions which show the existence of an interference. Interestingly, decoherence does not affect the pattern, but only leads to a reduction in the fringe visibility.

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s1 The Markovian Master equation, derived from coupling the particle to a harmonic-oscillator heat bath, is used to obtain exact solutions which show the existence of an interference. method 0.98 0.84 0.12 asserted 1.00
s2 Interestingly, decoherence does not affect the pattern, but only leads to a reduction in the fringe visibility. result 0.71 0.81 0.73 asserted 1.00

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A two-slit interference of a massive particle in the presence of environment induced decoherence is theoretically analyzed using a fully quantum mechanical calculation. The Markovian Master equation, derived from coupling the particle to a harmonic-oscillator heat bath, is used to obtain exact solutions which show the existence of an interference. Interestingly, decoherence does not affect the pattern, but only leads to a reduction in the fringe visibility.

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