Goals and feasibility of the deep space quantum link

Luca Mazzarella; Makan Mohageg; Dmitry V. Strekalov; Aileen Zhai; Ulf Israelsson; Andrey Matsko; Nan Yu; Charis Anastopoulos; Bradley Carpenter; Jason Gallicchio; Bei-Lok Hu; Thomas Jennewein; Paul Kwiat; Shih-Yuin Lin; Alexander Ling; Christoph Marquardt; Matthias Meister; Brian Moffat; Raymond Newell; Albert Roura; Christian Schubert; Giuseppe Vallone; Paolo Villoresi; Lisa Wörner

doi:10.1117/12.2593986

1 August 2021 Goals and feasibility of the deep space quantum link

Luca Mazzarella, Makan Mohageg, Dmitry V. Strekalov, Aileen Zhai, Ulf Israelsson, Andrey Matsko, Nan Yu, Charis Anastopoulos, Bradley Carpenter, Jason Gallicchio, Bei-Lok Hu, Thomas Jennewein, Paul Kwiat, Shih-Yuin Lin, Alexander Ling, Christoph Marquardt, Matthias Meister, Brian Moffat, Raymond Newell, Albert Roura, Christian Schubert, Giuseppe Vallone, Paolo Villoresi, Lisa Wörner

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Proceedings Volume 11835, Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging XIX; 118350J (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2593986
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2021, San Diego, California, United States

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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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Luca Mazzarella, Makan Mohageg, Dmitry V. Strekalov, Aileen Zhai, Ulf Israelsson, Andrey Matsko, Nan Yu, Charis Anastopoulos, Bradley Carpenter, Jason Gallicchio, Bei-Lok Hu, Thomas Jennewein, Paul Kwiat, Shih-Yuin Lin, Alexander Ling, Christoph Marquardt, Matthias Meister, Brian Moffat, Raymond Newell, Albert Roura, Christian Schubert, Giuseppe Vallone, Paolo Villoresi, and Lisa Wörner "Goals and feasibility of the deep space quantum link", Proc. SPIE 11835, Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging XIX, 118350J (1 August 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2593986

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