@inproceedings{5376c34ebda14786ac11981dcce86912,
title = "Goals and feasibility of the Deep Space Quantum Link",
abstract = "In this article, we review the proposed experiments for the Deep Space Quantum Link (DSQL) mission concept aiming to probe gravitational effects on quantum optical systems. Quantum theory and general relativity are the two most successful frameworks we have to describe the universe. These theories have been validated through experimental confirmations in their domains of application— the macroscopic domain for relativity, and the microscopic domain for quantum theory. To date, laboratory experiments conducted in a regime where both theories manifest measurable effects on photons are limited. Satellite platforms enable the transmission of quantum states of light between different inertial frames and over distances impossible to emulate in the laboratory. The DSQL concept proposes simultaneous tests of quantum mechanics and general relativity enabled by quantum optical links to one or more spacecrafts.",
keywords = "Foundational quantum theory, General relativity, Quantum optics",
author = "Luca Mazzarella and Makan Mohageg and Strekalov, {Dmitry V.} and Aileen Zhai and Ulf Israelsson and Andrey Matsko and Nan Yu and Charis Anastopoulos and Bradley Carpenter and Jason Gallicchio and Hu, {Bei Lok} and Thomas Jennewein and Paul Kwiat and Lin, {Shih Yuin} and Alexander Ling and Christoph Marquardt and Matthias Meister and Brian Moffat and Raymond Newell and Albert Roura and Christian Schubert and Guiseppe Vallone and Paolo Villoresi and Lisa W{\"o}rner",
note = "Funding Information: The research was performed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration{\textquoteright}s Biological and Physical Science Division (0NM0018D0004). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 SPIE.; Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging XIX 2021 ; Conference date: 01-08-2021 Through 05-08-2021",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.1117/12.2593986",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Deacon, {Keith S.} and Meyers, {Ronald E.}",
booktitle = "Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging XIX",
}