Devised in 1935 by the Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger, this thought experiment was designed to shine a spotlight on the difficulty with interpreting quantum theory. Quantum theory is very ...

A research team in China has held atoms in a state of quantum superposition for 23 minutes, suggesting tantalizing new ...

This is perfectly exemplified by the "Schrödinger's cat" thought experiment ... Quantum sensitivity of squeezed Schrodinger cat states, Physics Open (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.physo.

A typically fragile quantum superposition has been made to last exceptionally long, and could eventually be used as a probe for discovering new physics ...

However, one major technical challenge in applying cat states in experiments is how to maintain a sufficiently long coherence time. This state, namely the Schrödinger-cat state, exhibits enhanced ...