Quantum Emulation of Gravitational Waves

被引:9
作者
Fernandez-Corbaton, Ivan [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Cirio, Mauro [1 ,2 ]
Buese, Alexander [1 ,2 ]
Lamata, Lucas [4 ]
Solano, Enrique [4 ,5 ]
Molina-Terriza, Gabriel [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Macquarie Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, N Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia
[2] Macquarie Univ, ARC Ctr Engn Quantum Syst, N Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia
[3] Karlsruhe Inst Technol, Inst Nanotechnol, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
[4] Univ Basque Country UPV EHU, Dept Phys Chem, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
[5] Basque Fdn Sci, Ikerbasque, Bilbao 48013, Spain
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HIGH-FREQUENCY; RADIATION; LIMIT;
D O I
10.1038/srep11538
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Gravitational waves, as predicted by Einstein's general relativity theory, appear as ripples in the fabric of spacetime traveling at the speed of light. We prove that the propagation of small amplitude gravitational waves in a curved spacetime is equivalent to the propagation of a subspace of electromagnetic states. We use this result to propose the use of entangled photons to emulate the evolution of gravitational waves in curved spacetimes by means of experimental electromagnetic setups featuring metamaterials.
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