Enhanced non-macrorealism: Extreme violations of Leggett-Garg inequalities for a system evolving under superposition of unitaries

Abstract

Quantum theory contravenes classical macrorealism by allowing a system to be in a superposition of two or more physically distinct states, producing physical consequences radically different from that of classical physics. We show that a system, upon subjecting to transform under superposition of unitary operators, exhibits enhanced non-macrorealistic feature - as quantified by violation of the Leggett-Garg inequality (LGI) beyond the temporal Tsirelson bound. Moreover, this superposition of unitaries also provides robustness against decoherence by allowing the system to violate LGI and thereby retain its non-macrorealistic behavior for a strikingly longer duration. Using an NMR register, we experimentally demonstrate the superposition of unitaries with the help of an ancillary qubit and verify these theoretical predictions.

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