Quantum Emulation of Gravitational Waves
Quantum Physics
2015-07-31 v5 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Superconductivity
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Optics
Abstract
Gravitational waves, as predicted by Einstein's general relativity theory, appear as ripples in the fabric of spacetime traveling at the speed of light. We prove that the propagation of small amplitude gravitational waves in a curved spacetime is equivalent to the propagation of a subspace of electromagnetic states. We use this result to propose the use of entangled photons to emulate the evolution of gravitational waves in curved spacetimes by means of experimental electromagnetic setups featuring metamaterials.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1406.4263,
title = {Quantum Emulation of Gravitational Waves},
author = {Ivan Fernandez-Corbaton and Mauro Cirio and Alexander Büse and Lucas Lamata and Enrique Solano and Gabriel Molina-Terriza},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.4263},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
10 pages, 2 figures