Quantum interferometry in external gravitational fields
- Author(s)
- Thomas Mieling, Thomas Morling, Christopher Hilweg, Philip Walther
- Abstract
Current models of quantum interference experiments in external gravitational fields lack a common framework: while matter-wave interferometers are commonly described using the Schrödinger equation with a Newtonian potential, gravitational effects in quantum optics are modeled using either post-Newtonian metrics or highly symmetric exact solutions to Einstein's field equations such as those of Schwarzschild and Kerr. To coherently describe both kinds of experiments, this paper develops a unified framework for modeling quantum interferometers in general stationary space-times. This model provides a rigorous description and coherent interpretation of the effects of classical gravity on quantum probes.
- Organisation(s)
- Research Network Quantum Aspects of Space Time, Quantum Optics, Quantum Nanophysics and Quantum Information
- Journal
- Physical Review A
- Volume
- 112
- No. of pages
- 20
- ISSN
- 2469-9926
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/8dsx-jt6b
- Publication date
- 12-2025
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 103028 Theory of relativity, 103025 Quantum mechanics, 103026 Quantum optics, 103024 Quantum field theory
- Keywords
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/1ba9f241-95af-4289-b7b1-b46839e59f90