A blueprint for a simultaneous test of quantum mechanics and general relativity in a space-based quantum optics experiment
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 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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Författare
Sam Pallister
University of Bristol
Simon Coop
Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST)
Valerio Formichella
Istituto nazionale di ricerca metrologica (INRiM)
Politecnico di Torino
Nicolas Gampierakis
University of East Anglia
Virginia Notaro
Sapienza, Università di Roma
Paul Knott
University of Sussex
Rui Azevedo
Universidade do Porto
Nikolaus Buchheim
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Silvio de Carvalho
Aalto-Yliopisto
Emilia Jarvela
Aalto-Yliopisto
Matthieu Laporte
Université Paris Diderot
Jukka-Pekka Kaikkonen
Aalto-Yliopisto
Neda Meshksar
Leibniz Universität Hannover
Timo Nikkanen
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Madeleine Yttergren
Chalmers, Rymd- och geovetenskap, Extragalaktisk astrofysik
EPJ Quantum Technology
21960763 (eISSN)
Vol. 4Ämneskategorier
Fysik
DOI
10.1140/epjqt/s40507-017-0055-y