
Schrödinger's Cat from Mechanical Vibrations
The resonator vibrates at 100 megahertz, and its mechanical damping is only 15 hertz. That is like a bell that rings for thousands of years after a single strike. Next to it sits a qubit, a quantum two-level element that decays in milliseconds. It is this contrast in lifetimes that opens the door to Schrödinger's cat.