Superposition, entanglement, and raising Schrödinger's cat

Abstract

Experimental control of quantum systems has been pursued widely since the invention of quantum mechanics. Today, we can in fact experiment with individual quantum systems, deterministically preparing superpositions and entanglements. In his Nobel lecture, D. J. Wineland gives an overview of this research which has led to the Nobel prize in physics in 2012. © 2013 by WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.