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Experimental test of photonic entanglement in accelerated reference frames

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  • Matthias Fink

    (Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information—Vienna (IQOQI), Austrian Academy of Sciences, Boltzmanngasse 3)

  • Ana Rodriguez-Aramendia

    (Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information—Vienna (IQOQI), Austrian Academy of Sciences, Boltzmanngasse 3)

  • Johannes Handsteiner

    (Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information—Vienna (IQOQI), Austrian Academy of Sciences, Boltzmanngasse 3)

  • Abdul Ziarkash

    (Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information—Vienna (IQOQI), Austrian Academy of Sciences, Boltzmanngasse 3)

  • Fabian Steinlechner

    (Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information—Vienna (IQOQI), Austrian Academy of Sciences, Boltzmanngasse 3)

  • Thomas Scheidl

    (Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information—Vienna (IQOQI), Austrian Academy of Sciences, Boltzmanngasse 3)

  • Ivette Fuentes

    (Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna)

  • Jacques Pienaar

    (Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information—Vienna (IQOQI), Austrian Academy of Sciences, Boltzmanngasse 3
    Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna
    Present address: International Institute of Physics (IIP-UFRN), Avenida Odilon Gomes de Lima 1722, 59078-400 Natal, Brazil)

  • Timothy C. Ralph

    (Centre for Quantum Computation & Communication Technology, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Queensland)

  • Rupert Ursin

    (Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information—Vienna (IQOQI), Austrian Academy of Sciences, Boltzmanngasse 3
    Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology (VCQ))

Abstract

The unification of the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics is a long-standing challenge in contemporary physics. Experimental techniques in quantum optics have only recently reached the maturity required for the investigation of quantum systems under the influence of non-inertial motion, such as being held at rest in gravitational fields, or subjected to uniform accelerations. Here, we report on experiments in which a genuine quantum state of an entangled photon pair is exposed to a series of different accelerations. We measure an entanglement witness for g-values ranging from 30 mg to up to 30 g—under free-fall as well on a spinning centrifuge—and have thus derived an upper bound on the effects of uniform acceleration on photonic entanglement.

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  • Matthias Fink & Ana Rodriguez-Aramendia & Johannes Handsteiner & Abdul Ziarkash & Fabian Steinlechner & Thomas Scheidl & Ivette Fuentes & Jacques Pienaar & Timothy C. Ralph & Rupert Ursin, 2017. "Experimental test of photonic entanglement in accelerated reference frames," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 8(1), pages 1-6, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:8:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms15304
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15304
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