Toward quantum superposition of living organisms

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Romero Isart, Oriol ^a   Juan, Mathieu L ^b   Quidant, Romain ^b,c   Cirac, J Ignacio ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPER PAIR; DIELECTRIC OBJECTS; HIGH-FINESSE CAVITY; LIVING ORGANISMS; LOW PRESSURES; OPTOMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; QUANTUM MECHANICAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUANTUM NATURE; QUANTUM SUPERPOSITION STATE; QUANTUM SUPERPOSITIONS; RECENT PROGRESS; SMALL OBJECTS; SUB-WAVELENGTH; SUPERPOSITION STATE; VACUUM PRESSURE;

BIOLOGY; MECHANICS; PHOTONS; REACTION KINETICS; VIRUSES;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 77951153183     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/12/3/033015     Document Type: Article

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