Gravitationally Induced Decoherence of Optical Entanglement

TL;DR

This paper proposes an experiment to test how non-uniform gravitational fields can cause decoherence in optical entanglement, with predictions based on field operator calculations indicating observable effects.

Contribution

It introduces a novel experimental setup to investigate gravitational effects on quantum entanglement, providing theoretical predictions of decoherence due to gravity.

Findings

Decoherence of optical entanglement predicted in gravitational fields

Field operator calculations support the feasibility of observing effects

Experimental conditions are realistic for testing gravitational decoherence

Abstract

We propose an experiment in which an entangled pair of optical pulses are propagated through non-uniform gravitational fields. A field operator calculation of this situation predicts decoherence of the optical entanglement under experimentally realistic conditions.