Macroscopic Quantum Test with Bulk Acoustic Wave Resonators

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  • Bjorn Schrinski
  • Yu Yang
  • Uwe von Lupke
  • Marius Bild
  • Yiwen Chu
  • Klaus Hornberger
  • Stefan Nimmrichter
  • Matteo Fadel

Recently, solid-state mechanical resonators have become a platform for demonstrating nonclassical behavior of systems involving a truly macroscopic number of particles. Here, we perform the most macroscopic quantum test in a mechanical resonator to date, which probes the validity of quantum mechanics by ruling out a classical description at the microgram mass scale. This is done by a direct measurement of the Wigner function of a high-overtone bulk acoustic wave resonator mode, monitoring the gradual decay of negativities over tens of microseconds. While the obtained macroscopicity of mu 1/4 11.3 is on par with state-of-the-art atom interferometers, future improvements of mode geometry and coherence times could test the quantum superposition principle at unprecedented scales and also place more stringent bounds on spontaneous collapse models.

Original languageEnglish
Article number133604
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume130
Issue number13
Number of pages6
ISSN0031-9007
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 Mar 2023

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