A blueprint for a simultaneous test of quantum mechanics and general relativity in a space-based quantum optics experiment
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
2017-02-09 v1 Quantum Physics
Abstract
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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@article{arxiv.1611.01327,
title = {A blueprint for a simultaneous test of quantum mechanics and general relativity in a space-based quantum optics experiment},
author = {Sam Pallister and Simon Coop and Valerio Formichella and Nicolas Gampierakis and Virginia Notaro and Paul Knott and Rui Azevedo and Nikolaus Buchheim and Silvio de Carvalho and Emilia Jarvela and Matthieu Laporte and Jukka-Pekka Kaikkonen and Neda Meshksar and Timo Nikkanen and Madeleine Yttergren},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.01327},
year = {2017}
}
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21 pages, 9 figures