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We show how a suitably prepared set of clocks can be used to determine all components of the gravitational field in General Relativity. We call such an experimental setup a clock compass, in analogy to the usual gravitational compass.…

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Detecting symmetry is crucial for effective object grasping for several reasons. Recognizing symmetrical features or axes within an object helps in developing efficient grasp strategies, as grasping along these axes typically results in a…

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We consider a nearly free falling Earth satellite where atomic wave interferometers are tied to a telescope pointing towards a faraway star. They measure the acceleration and the rotation relatively to the local inertial frame. We calculate…

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In a recent article [Foo et. al., Nature Comms. 13, 2 (2022)], we devised a method of constructing the Lorentz-covariant Bohmian trajectories of single photons via weak measurements of the photon's momentum and energy. However, whether such…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-29 Joshua Foo , Austin P. Lund , Timothy C. Ralph

Intracavity squeezing is a promising technique that may improve the sensitivity of gravitational wave detectors and cool optomechanical oscillators to the ground state. However, the photothermal effect may modify the occurrence of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-07 Sotatsu Otabe , Kentaro Komori , Ken-ichi Harada , Kaido Suzuki , Yuta Michimura , Kentaro Somiya

Two reference systems (RS) are defined and used as the basis for investigating thermal effects of rotation through both random classical zero point radiation and quantum vacuum. Both RSs consist of an infinite number of instantaneous global…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Yefim S. Levin

The design of navigation observers able to simultaneously estimate the position, linear velocity and orientation of a vehicle in a three-dimensional space is crucial in many robotics and aerospace applications. This problem was mainly dealt…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-09-21 Miaomiao Wang , Abdelhamid Tayebi

Rotation of polarization in an external gravitational field is one of the effects of general relativity that can serve as a basis for its precision tests. A careful analysis of reference frames is crucial for a proper evaluation of this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-12-30 Aharon Brodutch , Tommaso F. Demarie , Daniel R. Terno

Precision measurement of non-linear observables is an important goal in all facets of quantum optics. This allows measurement-based non-classical state preparation, which has been applied to great success in various physical systems, and…

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The measurement of the integrated optical polarization of weakly gravitationally lensed galaxies can provide considerable constraints on lens models. The method outlined depends on fact that the orientation of the direction of optical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Edouard Audit , John F. L. Simmons

Matter-wave interferometry and spectroscopy of optomechanical resonators offer complementary advantages. Interferometry with cold atoms is employed for accurate and long-term stable measurements, yet it is challenged by its dynamic range…

Light is the richest information retriever for most physical systems, particularly so for astronomy and cosmology, in which gravitation is of paramount importance, and also for solid state defects and metamaterials, in which some effects…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-04-03 Lucas T. Santana , Maurício O. Calvão , Ribamar R. R. Reis , Beatriz B. Siffert

A precise, accurate, and relatively straightforward in-situ method to measure and control the ellipticity of light resonantly interacting with an atomic vapor is described. The technique can be used to minimize vector light shifts. The…

Optics · Physics 2017-09-14 Derek F. Jackson Kimball , Jordan Dudley , Yan Li , Dilan Patel

We present the gauge-invariant formalism of cosmological weak lensing, accounting for all the relativistic effects due to the scalar, vector, and tensor perturbations at the linear order. While the light propagation is fully described by…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-11 Jaiyul Yoo , Nastassia Grimm , Ermis Mitsou , Adam Amara , Alexandre Refregier

General relativistic effects in the weak field approximation are calculated for electromagnetic Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) beams. The current work is an extension of previous work on the precession of a spinning neutral particle in the weak…

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Cameras and inertial measurement units are complementary sensors for ego-motion estimation and environment mapping. Their combination makes visual-inertial odometry (VIO) systems more accurate and robust. For globally consistent mapping,…

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We investigate general properties of optical interferometry in stationary spacetimes and apply the obtained results focusing on quantum-optical experiments in near-Earth environments. We provide a rigorous expression for the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-30 Aharon Brodutch , Alexei Gilchrist , Thomas Guff , Alexander R. H. Smith , Daniel R. Terno

We propose the Lagrangian formulation for describing the motion of a test particle in a general relativistic, stationary, and axially symmetric spacetime. The test particle is also affected by a radiation field, modeled as a coherent flux…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-05-07 Vittorio De Falco , Emmanuele Battista , Maurizio Falanga

Classical mechanics and geometrical optics are deeply connected with each other. In this work, we generalize the analogy between these two disciplines to relativistic conditions. Using this analogy, we are able to make light follow the…

Optics · Physics 2024-09-09 Hui Xiong , Mengcheng Zhu

The phenomenological investigation of noncommutative space-time in the laboratory frame are presented. We formulate the apparent time variation of noncommutativity parameter $\theta_{\mu\nu}$ in the laboratory frame due to the earth's…

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