Macroscopic Quantum Coherence and Quantum Computing
Contributors: Dmitri V. Averin (Editor); Berardo Ruggiero (Editor); Paolo Silvestrini (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: July 30, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 466
ISBN-13: 9780306465659
Subjects: Quantum physics (quantum mechanics); Science; Science/Mathematics; Mathematical Physics; Weights & Measures; Science / Quantum Theory; Nuclear Physics; Coherence (Nuclear physics); Congresses; Quantum Theory; Quantum computing
First sentence: The goal of preparing a (reasonably) macroscopic object in a quantum-mechanical superposition of states which are (reasonably) macroscopically distinct, in such a way that it can be demonstrated that it must indeed have been in such a superposition rather than in a classical mixture ("MQC") is one which has been consciously pursued for the last twenty years.