Title	Shining light on the interface of gravity and quantum physics: precision measurements using photonic quantum interferometry
Creator	Walther, Philip
Publisher	Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery
Date Issued	2021-05-31T09:02
Description	Quantum mechanics and general relativity are two fundamentally different theories and have both been tested independently with very high precision. However, even after a century of research, the interplay of those two very different theories has never been tested experimentally. Within this talk I will present the experimental research aiming to explore this interface between quantum mechanics and general relativity by performing high-precision experiments at the level of single quanta of light, the photons. Such quantum systems allow one to examine the influence of gravity on interference effects. For this purpose, a high-precision interferometer whose paths are subject to different gravitational potentials will be used.
Extent	29.0 minutes
Subject	Mathematics; Relativity And Gravitational Theory; Quantum Theory; Mathematical Physics
Type	Moving Image
File Format	video/mp4
Language	eng
Notes	Author affiliation: University of Vienna
Series	BIRS Workshop Lecture Videos (Banff, Alta)
Date Available	2023-10-21
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0437250
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/86247
Affiliation	Non UBC
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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