Archivio Istituzionale della RicercaIn 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.
A blueprint for a simultaneous test of quantum mechanics and general relativity in a space-based quantum optics experiment / Pallister, Sam; Coop, Simon; Formichella, Valerio; Gampierakis, Nicolas; Notaro, Virginia; Knott, Paul; Azevedo, Rui; Buchheim, Nikolaus; Carvalho, Silvio de; Järvelä, Emilia; Laporte, Matthieu; Kaikkonen, Jukka Pekka; Meshksar, Neda; Nikkanen, Timo; Yttergren, Madeleine. - In: EPJ QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY. - ISSN 2196-0763. - ELETTRONICO. - 4:2(2017). [10.1140/epjqt/s40507-017-0055-y]
A blueprint for a simultaneous test of quantum mechanics and general relativity in a space-based quantum optics experiment
FORMICHELLA, VALERIO;
2017
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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