Quantum Interference of Force

Raul Corrêa; Marina F. B. Cenni; Pablo L. Saldanha

doi:10.22331/q-2018-12-14-112

Quantum Interference of Force

Raul Corrêa, Marina F. B. Cenni, and Pablo L. Saldanha

Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Caixa Postal 701, 30161-970, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Published:	2018-12-14, volume 2, page 112
Eprint:	arXiv:1802.10370v3
Doi:	https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2018-12-14-112
Citation:	Quantum 2, 112 (2018).

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Abstract

We show that a quantum particle subjected to a positive force in one path of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer and a null force in the other path may receive a negative average momentum transfer when it leaves the interferometer by a particular exit. In this scenario, an ensemble of particles may receive an average momentum in the opposite direction of the applied force due to quantum interference, a behavior with no classical analogue. We discuss some experimental schemes that could verify the effect with current technology, with electrons or neutrons in Mach-Zehnder interferometers in free space and with atoms from a Bose-Einstein condensate.

Popular summary

In our work, we investigate an interference effect on quantum particles that are under the action of a force. We show that, in certain circumstances, the quantum superposition of pushing a particle with doing nothing to it may result in this particle being pulled. Besides showing how this anomalous pull on a particle is a quantum interference effect - which is why we call it quantum interference of force - we discuss some feasible experimental schemes that could verify this strange phenomenon with electrons, neutrons, and atoms.

► BibTeX data

@article{Correa2018quantuminterference,
  doi = {10.22331/q-2018-12-14-112},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2018-12-14-112},
  title = {Quantum {I}nterference of {F}orce},
  author = {Corr{\^{e}}a, Raul and Cenni, Marina F. B. and Saldanha, Pablo L.},
  journal = {{Quantum}},
  issn = {2521-327X},
  publisher = {{Verein zur F{\"{o}}rderung des Open Access Publizierens in den Quantenwissenschaften}},
  volume = {2},
  pages = {112},
  month = dec,
  year = {2018}
}

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