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arXiv:0910.2322

The detection of low-energy Quantum Gravity fluctuations with entangled states

Fabrizio Tamburini

Published Oct 13, 2009• 2 citations
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Abstract

We propose a thought experiment to detect low-energy Quantum Gravity phenomena using Quantum Optical Information Technologies. Gravitational field perturbations, such as gravitational waves and quantum gravity fluctuations, decohere the entangled photon pairs, revealing the presence of gravitational field fluctuations including those more speculative sources such as compact extra dimensions and the sub-millimetric hypothetical low-energy quantum gravity phenomena and then set a limit for the decoherence of photon bunches and entangled pairs in space detectable with the current astronomical space technology.

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.0910.2322

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