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

Sam Pallister; Simon Coop; Valerio Formichella; Nicolas Gampierakis; Virginia Notaro; Paul Knott; Rui Azevedo; Nikolaus Buchheim; Silvio de Carvalho; Emilia Jarvela; Matthieu Laporte; Jukka-Pekka Kaikkonen; Neda Meshksar; Timo Nikkanen; Madeleine Yttergren

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

Sam Pallister, Simon Coop, Valerio Formichella, Nicolas Gampierakis, Virginia Notaro, Paul Knott, Rui Azevedo, Nikolaus Buchheim, Silvio de Carvalho, Emilia Jarvela, Matthieu Laporte, Jukka-Pekka Kaikkonen, Neda Meshksar, Timo Nikkanen, Madeleine Yttergren

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	2
Number of pages	21
Journal	EPJ Quantum Technology
Volume	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1140/epjqt/s40507-017-0055-y
Publication status	Published - 7 Feb 2017

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time dilation
Shapiro delay

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Pallister, S., Coop, S., Formichella, V., Gampierakis, N., Notaro, V., Knott, P., Azevedo, R., Buchheim, N., de Carvalho, S., Jarvela, E., Laporte, M., Kaikkonen, J.-P., Meshksar, N., Nikkanen, T., & Yttergren, M. (2017). A blueprint for a simultaneous test of quantum mechanics and general relativity in a space-based quantum optics experiment. EPJ Quantum Technology, 4, Article 2. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjqt/s40507-017-0055-y

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