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Experiments at the interface of quantum field theory and general relativity would greatly benefit theoretical research towards their unification. The gravitational aspects of quantum experiments performed so far can be explained either…

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Quantum metrology has been shown to surpass classical limits of correlation, resolution, and sensitivity. It has been introduced to interferometric Radar schemes, with intriguing preliminary results. Even quantum-inspired detection of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-11 Leonid Vidro , Liran Shirizly , Naftali Kirsh , Nadav Katz , Hagai S. Eisenberg

We propose a quantum imaging-inspired setup for measuring gravitational fields using an atom that emits a photon at one of two possible locations. The atom acquires a gravitationally induced quantum phase that it shares with the photon. By…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-06 Marian Cepok , Dennis Rätzel , Claus Lämmerzahl

We propose a new implementation of a quantum speed meter QND measurement scheme. It employs two independent optical readouts of the interferometer test masses, featuring strongly different values of the bandwidths $\gamma_{1,2}$ and of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-10-25 E. Knyazev , S. Danilishin , S. Hild , F. Ya. Khalili

We present an interferometric sensor for investigating macroscopic quantum mechanics on a table-top scale. The sensor consists of pair of suspended optical cavities with a finesse in excess of 100,000 comprising 10 g fused-silica mirrors.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-18 Jiri Smetana , Tianliang Yan , Vincent Boyer , Denis Martynov

Recent advances in the field of very long distance optical communication suggest the adoption of the advanced technology based on Hollow Core Nested Anti-resonant Nodeless Fiber (HC-NANF) within the endeavour of Gravitational Wave detection…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-29 Francesco De Martini

Classical wisdom of wave-particle duality says that it is impossible to observe simultaneously the wave and particle nature of microscopic object. Mathematically the principle requests that the interference visibility V and which-path…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-04-05 Fenghua Qi , Zhiyuan Wang , Weiwang Xu , Xue-Wen Chen , Zhi-Yuan Li

Several relatively small-scale experimental setups aimed on prototyping of future laser gravitational-wave detectors and testing of new methods of quantum measurements with macroscopic mechanical objects, are under development now. In these…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-06-13 F. Ya. Khalili

The precise estimation of the gravitational acceleration is important for various disciplines. We consider making such an estimation using quantum optics. A Mach-Zehnder interferometer in an "optical fountain" type arrangement is considered…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-02-06 S. Y. Chen , T. C. Ralph

We demonstrate a new method for measuring radio frequency (RF) electric fields based on quantum interference in an atom. Using a bright resonance prepared within an electromagnetically induced transparency window we are able to achieve a…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2012-05-22 J. Sedlacek , A. Schwettmann , H. Kübler , R. Löw , T. Pfau , J. P. Shaffer

We propose a set of experiments in which Ramsey-fringe techniques are tailored to probe transitions originating and terminating on the same ground state level. When pulses of resonant radiation, separated by a time delay $% T, $ interact…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Tycho Sleator , Paul R. Berman , Boris Dubetsky

High precision interferometers are the building blocks of precision metrology and the ultimate interferometric sensitivity is limited by the quantum noise. Here we propose and experimentally demonstrate a compact quantum interferometer…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-20 Xiaojie Zuo , Zhihui Yan , Yanni Feng , Jingxu Ma , Xiaojun Jia , Changde Xie , Kunchi Peng

Two optical fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometers were constructed in an environment with a temperature stabilization of better than 1 mK per day. One interferometer with a length of 12 m optical fiber in each arm with the main direction of…

General Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Victor de Haan

We propose two distinct atom interferometer gravitational wave detectors, one terrestrial and another satellite-based, utilizing the core technology of the Stanford 10 m atom interferometer presently under construction. Each configuration…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-01-07 Savas Dimopoulos , Peter W. Graham , Jason M. Hogan , Mark A. Kasevich , Surjeet Rajendran

We investigate an electronic Mach-Zehnder interferometer with high visibility in the quantum Hall regime. The superposition of the electrostatic potentials from a quantum point contact (QPC) and the residual disorder potential from doping…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 L. V. Litvin , A. Helzel , H. -P. Tranitz , W. Wegscheider , C. Strunk

Non-classical states of light find applications in enhancing the performance of optical interferometric experiments, with notable example of gravitational wave-detectors. Still, the presence of decoherence hinders significantly the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-08-17 R. Demkowicz-Dobrzanski , M. Jarzyna , J. Kolodynski

We present a novel atom interferometer configuration that combines large momentum transfer with the enhancement of an optical resonator for the purpose of measuring gravitational strain in the horizontal directions. Using Bragg diffraction…

Quantum entanglement has the potential to revolutionize the entire field of interferometric sensing by providing many orders of magnitude improvement in interferometer sensitivity. The quantum-entangled particle interferometer approach is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Kishore T. Kapale , Leo D. Didomenico , Hwang Lee , Pieter Kok , Jonathan P. Dowling

Graphene is a very promising test-bed for the field of electron quantum optics. However, a fully tunable and coherent electronic beam splitter is still missing. We report the demonstration of electronic beam splitters in graphene that…

We analyse the effect of decoherence and noise on quantum Fourier transform interferometry, in which a boson sampling photonic network is used to measure optical phase gradients. This novel type of metrology is shown to be robust against…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-01-15 Bogdan Opanchuk , Laura Rosales-Zárate , Margaret D. Reid , Peter D. Drummond