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Decoherence in matter-wave Talbot interference: a hydrodynamic probability-flow analysis

\'Angel S. Sanz, David Navia

Decoherence suppresses visible Talbot interference before it disrupts organized probability flow channels.

arxiv:2605.14181 v1 · 2026-05-13 · quant-ph · physics.atom-ph · physics.optics

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flux-channel structures can persist in parameter regimes where multi-slit interference features have already been strongly reduced. This distinction provides a local characterization of decoherence in matter-wave Talbot interferometry.

C2weakest assumption

The effective open-system model that exponentially damps spatial coherences between diffracted components accurately captures the environmental coupling within the paraxial approximation for the atomic beam.

C3one line summary

Decoherence suppresses Talbot carpet interference and smooths momentum distributions in matter waves, yet probability flow channels tied to grating periodicity can persist.

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[2] K. Hornberger, S. Gerlich, P. Haslinger, S. Nimmrichter, and M. Arndt, Colloquium: Quantum interference of clusters and molecules, Rev. Mod. Phys.84, 157 (2012) 2012

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[4] K. Hornberger, J. E. Sipe, and M. Arndt, Theory of de- coherence in a matter-wave Talbot-Lau interferometer, Phys. Rev. A70, 053608 (2004) 2004

[5] S. Gerlich, S. Eibenberger, M. Tomandl, S. Nimm- richter, K. Hornberger, P. J. Fagan, J. T¨ uxen, M. Mayor, and M. Arndt, Quantum interference of large organic molecules, Nat. Commun.2, 263 (2011) 2011

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arxiv: 2605.14181 · arxiv_version: 2605.14181v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2605.14181 · pith_short_12: ICEJTZJOAAFX · pith_short_16: ICEJTZJOAAFXR3SR · pith_short_8: ICEJTZJO

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