Quantum decoherence plays a pivotal role in the dynamical description of the quantum-to-
classical transition and is the main impediment to the realization of devices for quantum …

Both classical and quantum waves can form vortices: entities with helical phase fronts and
circulating current densities. These features determine the intrinsic orbital angular …

The quantum superposition principle allows massive particles to be delocalized over distant
positions. Though quantum mechanics has proved adept at describing the microscopic …

Quantum mechanics is an extremely successful theory that agrees with every experimental
test. However, the principle of linear superposition, a central tenet of the theory, apparently …

Over the course of the past decade, decoherence has become a ubiquitous scienti? c term
popular in all kinds of research, from fundamental theories of quantum physics to …

The Talbot effect, also referred to as self-imaging or lensless imaging, is of the phenomena
manifested by a periodic repetition of planar field distributions in certain types of wave fields …

Interference with atomic and molecular matter waves is a rich branch of atomic physics and
quantum optics. It started with atom diffraction from crystal surfaces and the separated …

We propose a method to prepare and verify spatial quantum superpositions of a nanometer-
sized object separated by distances of the order of its size. This method provides …

We derive a generalized wave-particle duality relation for arbitrary multipath quantum
interference phenomena. Beyond the conventional notion of the wave nature of a quantum …

This is the first volume of a set of three within the Springer Series in Optical Sciences, and is
devoted to photorefractive effects, photorefractive materials, and their applications. Since the …