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View SchemaDecoherence and Matter Wave Interferometry
| Authors | Tabish Qureshi, Anu Venugopalan |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0602052 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0602052 |
| DOI | 10.1142/S0217979208039113 |
| Journal | Int. J. Mod. Phys. B, 22 (2008) 981-990 |
Abstract
A two-slit interference of a massive particle in the presence of environment induced decoherence is theoretically analyzed using a fully quantum mechanical calculation. The Markovian Master equation, derived from coupling the particle to a harmonic-oscillator heat bath, is used to obtain exact solutions which show the existence of an interference. Interestingly, decoherence does not affect the pattern, but only leads to a reduction in the fringe visibility.
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