2018/06/15 by Abdulrahim Al Balushi, Wan Cong, Robert B. Mann · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #gr-qc #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreva.98.043811
published as Phys. Rev. A 98, 043811 (2018) · 9 pages, 5 figures
arxiv created 2018/06/15 · arxiv updated 2018/10/10
An open question in experimental physics is the characterization of gravitational effects in quantum regimes. We propose an experimental set-up that uses well-tested techniques in cavity optomechanics to observe the effects of the gravitational interaction between two micro-mechanical oscillators on the interference of the cavity photons through the shifts in the visibility of interfering photons. The gravitational coupling leads to a shift in the period and magnitude of the visibility whose observability is within reach of current technology. We discuss the feasibility of the set-up as well as the effects on entanglement due to gravitational interaction.