2022/01/21 by Raúl Puente, Zilin Chen, Puente, Raul +3
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #Quantum and electron transport phenomena #Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2201.08525
openalex publication_date 2022/01/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Decoherence can be provided by a dissipative environment as described by the Caldeira-Leggett equation. This equation is foundational to the theory of quantum dissipation. However, no experimental test has been performed that measures for one physical system both the dissipation and the decoherence. Anglin and Zurek predicted that a resistive surface could provide such a dissipative environment for a free electron wave passing close to it. We propose that the electron wave's coherence and energy loss can be measured simultaneously by using Kapitza-Dirac scattering for varying light intensity.