@inproceedings{20b6f94d818e4d94b7ea592a80ff13b8,
title = "Optomechanical Schr{\"o}dinger cats - a case for space",
abstract = "Quantum optomechanics exploits radiation pressure effects inside optical cavities. It can be used to generate quantum states of the center-of-mass motion of massive mechanical objects, thereby opening up a new parameter regime for macroscopic quantum experiments. The challenging experimental conditions to maintain and observe quantum coherence for increasingly large objects may require a space environment rather than an earth-bound laboratory. We introduce a possible space experiment to study the wave-packet expansion of massive objects. This forms the basis for Schr{\"o}dinger cat states of unprecedented size and mass. ",
keywords = "QUANTUM GROUND-STATE, FABRY-PEROT-INTERFEROMETER, MECHANICAL DESCRIPTION, RADIATION-PRESSURE, PHYSICAL REALITY, CAVITY FIELD, ENTANGLEMENT, ATOM, SUPERPOSITION, RESONATOR",
author = "Rainer Kaltenbaek and Markus Aspelmeyer",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.4171/121-1/6",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-03719-121-7",
series = "ESI - Lectures in Mathematics and Physics",
publisher = "European Mathematical Society Publishing House",
pages = "123--134",
editor = "WL Reiter and J Yngvason",
booktitle = "Erwin Schr{\"o}dinger - 50 years after",
note = "International Symposium on Erwin Schrodinger - 50 Years After ; Conference date: 13-01-2011 Through 15-01-2011",
}