Quantum mechanical rotation of a photon polarization by Earth’s gravitational field
Abstract We describe the quantum mechanical rotation of a photon state, the Wigner rotation—a quantum effect that couples a transformation of a reference frame to a particle’s spin, to investigate geometric phases induced by Earth’s gravitational field for observers in various orbits. We find a pote...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2021-11-01
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| Series: | npj Quantum Information |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41534-021-00471-6 |