A blueprint for a simultaneous test of quantum mechanics and general relativity in a space-based quantum optics experiment
Journal article, 2017
In this paper we propose an experiment designed to observe a general-relativistic effect on single photon interference. The experiment consists of a folded Mach-Zehnder interferometer, with the arms distributed between a single Earth orbiter and a ground station. By compensating for other degrees of freedom and the motion of the orbiter, this setup aims to detect the influence of general relativistic time dilation on a spatially superposed single photon. The proposal details a payload to measure the required effect, along with an extensive feasibility analysis given current technological capabilities.
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Author
Sam Pallister
University of Bristol
Simon Coop
Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST)
Valerio Formichella
Istituto nazionale di ricerca metrologica (INRiM)
Polytechnic University of Turin
Nicolas Gampierakis
University of East Anglia
Virginia Notaro
Sapienza University of Rome
Paul Knott
University of Sussex
Rui Azevedo
University of Porto
Nikolaus Buchheim
Max Planck Society
Silvio de Carvalho
Aalto University
Emilia Jarvela
Aalto University
Matthieu Laporte
Paris Diderot University
Jukka-Pekka Kaikkonen
Aalto University
Neda Meshksar
University of Hanover
Timo Nikkanen
Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI)
Madeleine Yttergren
Chalmers, Earth and Space Sciences, Extragalactic Astrophysics
EPJ Quantum Technology
21960763 (eISSN)
Vol. 4Subject Categories
Physical Sciences
DOI
10.1140/epjqt/s40507-017-0055-y