Transfer of Nonclassical Properties from A Microscopic Superposition to Macroscopic Thermal States in The High Temperature Limit

Abstract

We present several examples where prominent quantum properties are transferred from a microscopic superposition to thermal states at high temperatures. Our work is motivated by an analogy of Schrodinger's cat paradox, where the state corresponding to the virtual cat is a mixed thermal state with a large average photon number. Remarkably, quantum entanglement can be produced between thermal states with nearly the maximum Bell-inequality violation even when the temperatures of both modes approach infinity.

minor corrections, acknowledgments added, Phys.Rev.Lett., in press