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arxiv: quant-ph/0310193 · v2 · submitted 2003-10-31 · 🪐 quant-ph

A size criterion for macroscopic superposition states

classification 🪐 quant-ph
keywords criterionmacroscopicmeasuresensitivitysizestatessuperpositionsuperpositions
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An operational measure to quantify the sizes of some ``macroscopic quantum superpositions'', realized in recent experiments, is proposed. The measure is based on the fact that a superposition presents greater sensitivity in interferometric applications than its superposed constituent states. This enhanced sensitivity, or ``interference utility'', may then be used as a size criterion among superpositions.

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