A blueprint for a simultaneous test of quantum mechanics and general relativity in a space-based quantum optics experiment

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• 作者：Sam Pallister ; Simon Coop ; Valerio Formichella…
• 关键词：quantum optics ; interferometry ; time dilation ; Shapiro delay
• 刊名：EPJ Quantum Technology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：4
• 期：1
• 全文大小：2407KB
• 刊物类别：Quantum Physics; Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics; Nanotechnology and Microengineering;
• 刊物主题：Quantum Physics; Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics; Nanotechnology and Microengineering;
• 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• ISSN：2196-0763
• 卷排序：4

文摘

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.