Goals and feasibility of the Deep Space Quantum Link
Mazzarella L, Mohageg M, Strekalov DV, Zhai A, Israelsson U, Matsko A, Yu N, Anastopoulos C, Carpenter B, Gallicchio J, Hu BL, Jennewein T, Kwiat P, Lin SY, Ling A, Marquardt C, Meister M, Moffat B, Newell R, Roura A, Schubert C, Vallone G, Villoresi P, Wörner L (2021)
Publication Type: Conference contribution
Publication year: 2021
Journal
Publisher: SPIE
Book Volume: 11835
Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Event location: San Diego, CA, USA
ISBN: 9781510645080
DOI: 10.1117/12.2593986
Abstract
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.
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National University of Singapore (NUS)
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University of Waterloo (UW)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Harvey Mudd College
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Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) / German Aerospace Center
Germany (DE)
Max-Planck-Institut für die Physik des Lichts (MPL) / Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
Germany (DE)
National Changhua University of Education
Taiwan (TW)
University of Padua / Universita degli Studi di Padova
Italy (IT)
Los Alamos National Laboratory
United States (USA) (US)
University of Patras (UPATRAS)
Greece (GR)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
United States (USA) (US)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
United States (USA) (US)
University of Maryland
United States (USA) (US)
Singapore (SG)
University of Waterloo (UW)
Canada (CA)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
United States (USA) (US)
Harvey Mudd College
United States (USA) (US)
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) / German Aerospace Center
Germany (DE)
Max-Planck-Institut für die Physik des Lichts (MPL) / Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
Germany (DE)
National Changhua University of Education
Taiwan (TW)
University of Padua / Universita degli Studi di Padova
Italy (IT)
Los Alamos National Laboratory
United States (USA) (US)
University of Patras (UPATRAS)
Greece (GR)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
United States (USA) (US)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
United States (USA) (US)
University of Maryland
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How to cite
APA:
Mazzarella, L., Mohageg, M., Strekalov, D.V., Zhai, A., Israelsson, U., Matsko, A.,... Wörner, L. (2021). Goals and feasibility of the Deep Space Quantum Link. In Keith S. Deacon, Ronald E. Meyers (Eds.), Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. San Diego, CA, USA: SPIE.
MLA:
Mazzarella, Luca, et al. "Goals and feasibility of the Deep Space Quantum Link." Proceedings of the Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging XIX 2021, San Diego, CA, USA Ed. Keith S. Deacon, Ronald E. Meyers, SPIE, 2021.
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