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Noisy effects in interferometric quantum gravity tests

Quantum Physics 2018-01-09 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Quantum-enhanced metrology is boosting interferometer sensitivities to extraordinary levels, up to the point where table-top experiments have been proposed to measure Planck-scale effects predicted by quantum gravity theories. In setups involving multiple photon interferometers, as those for measuring the so-called holographic fluctuations, entanglement provides substantial improvements in sensitivity. Entanglement is however a fragile resource and may be endangered by decoherence phenomena. We analyze how noisy effects arising either from the weak coupling to an external environment or from the modification of the canonical commutation relations in photon propagation may affect this entanglement enhanced gain in sensitivity.

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@article{arxiv.1711.02358,
  title  = {Noisy effects in interferometric quantum gravity tests},
  author = {F. Benatti and R. Floreanini and S. Olivares and E. Sindici},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.02358},
  year   = {2018}
}

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17 pages, 5 figures, LaTex

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