Discussion Leaders: Prof. Andreas Albrecht ( UCD Physics) and Prof. Marina Radulaski (UCD Electrical and Computer Engineering)
October 9th, 2019
2:30PM-4:00PM
Physics 432
Albrecht Summary
I will use our Adapted Caldeira Leggett (ACL) model to introduce and illustrate the concepts of decoherence and einselection. At the end I will show some new phenomena we have discovered which may be observable in the laboratory.
Relevant Journal Paper:
Zurek, Wojciech Hubert. "Decoherence, einselection, and the quantum origins of the classical." Reviews of modern physics75, no. 3 (2003): 715.
Radulaski Summary
I will discuss experimental tests of Bell inequality using quantum optical systems, with the focus on the 2015 loophole-free test based on NV centers in diamond.