Strict experimental test of macroscopic realism in a light-matter-interfaced system
arXiv:1910.10865 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.100.032106
Abstract
Macroscopic realism is a classical worldview that a macroscopic system is always determinately in one of the two or more macroscopically distinguishable states available to it, and so is never in a superposition of these states. The question of whether there is a fundamental limitation on the possibility to observe quantum phenomena at the macroscopic scale remains unclear. Here we implement a strict and simple protocol to test macroscopic realism in a light-matter interfaced system. We create a micro-macro entanglement with two macroscopically distinguishable solid-state components and rule out those theories which would deny coherent superpositions of up to 76 atomic excitations shared by 10^10 ions in two separated solids. These results provide a general method to enhance the size of superposition states of atoms by utilizing quantum memory techniques and to push the envelope of macroscopicity at higher levels.
arXiv comment8 pages, 4 figures
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