Non-Markovian environment induced Schr\"{o}dinger cat state transfer in an optical Newton's cradle
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Quantum Physics arXiv:2602.15430 (quant-ph) [Submitted on 17 Feb 2026] Title:Non-Markovian environment induced Schrödinger cat state transfer in an optical Newton's cradle Authors:Xinyu Zhao, Yan Xia View a PDF of the paper titled Non-Markovian environment induced Schr\"{o}dinger cat state transfer in an optical Newton's cradle, by Xinyu Zhao and 1 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:In this manuscript, we study the Schrödinger cat state transfer in a quantum optical version of Newton's cradle in non-Markovian environment. Based on a non-Markovian master equation, we show that the cat state can be transferred purely through the memory effect of the non-Markovian common environment, even without any direct couplings between neighbor cavities. The mechanism of the environment induced cat state transfer is analyzed both analytically and numerically to demonstrate that the transfer is a unique phenomenon in non-Markovian regime. From this example, the non-Markovian environment is shown to be qualitatively different from the Markovian environment reflected by the finite versus zero residue coherence. Besides, we also show the influence of environmental parameters are crucial for the transfer. We hope the cat state transfer studied in this work may shed more light on the fundamental difference between non-Markovian and Markovian environments. Comments: Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph) Cite as: arXiv:2602.15430 [quant-ph] (or arXiv:2602.15430v1 [quant-ph] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2602.15430 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration) Journal reference: Opt. Express 33, 619-638 (2025) Related DOI: https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.537476 Focus to learn more DOI(s) linking to related resources Submission history From: Xinyu Zhao [view email] [v1] Tue, 17 Feb 2026 08:51:42 UTC (2,207 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View a PDF of the paper titled Non-Markovian environment induced Schr\"{o}dinger cat state transfer in an optical Newton's cradle, by Xinyu Zhao and 1 other authorsView PDFHTML (experimental)TeX Source view license Current browse context: quant-ph new | recent | 2026-02 References & Citations INSPIRE HEP NASA ADSGoogle Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Loading... BibTeX formatted citation × loading... Data provided by: Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer (What is the Explorer?) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers (What is Connected Papers?) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps (What is Litmaps?) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations (What are Smart Citations?) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv (What is alphaXiv?) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers (What is CatalyzeX?) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub (What is DagsHub?) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub (What is GotitPub?) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face (What is Huggingface?) Links to Code Toggle Papers with Code (What is Papers with Code?) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast (What is ScienceCast?) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate (What is Replicate?) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces (What is Spaces?) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI (What is TXYZ.AI?) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower (What are Influence Flowers?) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender (What is CORE?) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs. Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax (What is MathJax?)