Goals and feasibility of the deep space quantum link
Goals and feasibility of the deep space quantum link
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10.1117/12.2593986
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2021-08
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L. Mazzarella;M. Mohageg;D. Strekalov;A. Zhai;U. Israelsson;A. Matsko;Nan Yu;Charis Anastopoulos-Charis-Anastopo
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L. Mazzarella;M. Mohageg;D. Strekalov;A. Zhai;U. Israelsson;A. Matsko;Nan Yu;Charis Anastopoulos-Charis-Anastopo
在这篇文章中，我们回顾了深空量子链路（DSQL）的使命的概念，旨在探测量子光学系统的引力效应的拟议实验。量子理论和广义相对论是我们描述宇宙的两个最成功的框架。这些理论已经在其应用领域--相对论的宏观领域和量子理论的微观领域--通过实验证实得到了验证。迄今为止，在两种理论都表现出对光子的可测量影响的情况下进行的实验室实验是有限的。卫星平台能够在不同的惯性系之间传输光的量子态，并且传输距离在实验室中无法模拟。DSQL概念提出了量子力学和广义相对论的同时测试，通过量子光学链接到一个或多个航天器。
In this article, we review the proposed experiments for the Deep Space Quantum Link (DSQL) mission concept aiming to probe gravitational effects on quantum optical systems. Quantum theory and general relativity are the two most successful frameworks we have to describe the universe. These theories have been validated through experimental confirmations in their domains of application— the macroscopic domain for relativity, and the microscopic domain for quantum theory. To date, laboratory experiments conducted in a regime where both theories manifest measurable effects on photons are limited. Satellite platforms enable the transmission of quantum states of light between different inertial frames and over distances impossible to emulate in the laboratory. The DSQL concept proposes simultaneous tests of quantum mechanics and general relativity enabled by quantum optical links to one or more spacecrafts.