Large-Scale Fiber Interferometry to Measure the Gravitationally Induced Phase Shift on Entangled Photons

Author(s)
Eleonora Polini, Dorotea Macri, Xinghui Yin, Eric Oelker, Piotr Chruściel, Georgi Dvali, Christopher Hilweg, Mario Hudelist, Dorilian L. Mago, Thomas Mieling, Thomas Morling, Marius Oancea, Raffaele Silvestri, Florian Steininger, Haocun Yu, Philip Walther, Nergis Mavalvala
Abstract

Gravitational time dilation, a prediction of General Relativity, lacks confirmation alongside quantum mechanics. Our experiment aims to measure gravitationally induced phase shift of path-entangled photons between two vertically displaced arms of a fiber interferometer.

Organisation(s)
Gravitational Physics, Research Network Quantum Aspects of Space Time, Quantum Optics, Quantum Nanophysics and Quantum Information
External organisation(s)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW), Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology (VCQ)
No. of pages
2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1364/QUANTUM.2024.QTh4C.3
Publication date
2024
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103028 Theory of relativity, 103025 Quantum mechanics, 103021 Optics
ASJC Scopus subject areas
General Computer Science, Space and Planetary Science, Control and Systems Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Instrumentation, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/e00f7388-475a-4aa6-99ce-e1d3938f1b12