Fuzzy Schrödinger Cat States in Light

Bastian Hacker, Stephan Welte, Severin Daiss +4 more

Sidney Perkowitz

Christopher R. Monroe, D. M. Meekhof, B. E. King +1 more

A "Schrodinger cat"-like state of matter was generated at the single atom level. A trapped 9Be+ ion was laser-cooled to the zero-point energy and then prepared in a superposition of spatially separated coherent harmonic oscillator states. This state was created by application of a sequence of laser pulses, which entangles internal (electronic) and external (motional) states of the ion. The Schrodinger cat superposition was verified by detection of the quantum mechanical interference between the localized wave packets. This mesoscopic system may provide insight into the fuzzy boundary between the classical and quantum worlds by allowing controlled studies of quantum measurement and quantum decoherence.

David Vitali

Florentín Smarandache, Victor Christianto

This article discusses Neutrosophic Logic interpretation of the Schrodinger’s cat paradox. We argue that this paradox involves some degree of indeterminacy (unknown) which Neutrosophic Logic could take into consideration, whereas other methods including Fuzzy Logic could not. For a balanced discussion, other interpretations have also been discussed.

M. Kira, S. W. Koch, Ryan P. Smith +2 more