论文标题
机械旋转产生纠缠
Generation of entanglement from mechanical rotation
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论文摘要
许多现象和基本预测,从鹰辐射到宇宙的早期演变,依赖于量子力学和重力之间的相互作用,或更普遍的弯曲空间中的量子力学。但是,缺乏实验实际上使我们能够以可重复且易于访问的方式探测量子力学的实验所阻碍我们的理解。在这里,我们为光子提出了一个实验方案,该光子是在两个旋转的SAGNAC干涉仪中以路径叠加态制备的,该旋转的射手干涉仪具有不同的直径,因此代表了两个不同的空间的叠加。即使在低旋转频率下,我们也可以预测真正的纠缠的产生,并显示即使是由于地球旋转,如何观察到这些效果。这些预测提供了一个可访问的平台,可以在其中研究基本时空在纠缠产生中的作用。
Many phenomena and fundamental predictions, ranging from Hawking radiation to the early evolution of the Universe rely on the interplay between quantum mechanics and gravity or more generally, quantum mechanics in curved spacetimes. However, our understanding is hindered by the lack of experiments that actually allow us to probe quantum mechanics in curved spacetime in a repeatable and accessible way. Here we propose an experimental scheme for a photon that is prepared in a path superposition state across two rotating Sagnac interferometers that have different diameters and thus represent a superposition of two different spacetimes. We predict the generation of genuine entanglement even at low rotation frequencies and show how these effects could be observed even due to the Earth's rotation. These predictions provide an accessible platform in which to study the role of the underlying spacetime in the generation of entanglement.