https://doi.org/10.1140/epjqt/s40507-022-00143-0
Review
The deep space quantum link: prospective fundamental physics experiments using long-baseline quantum optics
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
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Department of Physics, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
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Department of Physics, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California, USA
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Maryland Center for Fundamental Physics and Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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Institute for Quantum Computing and Dep. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
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Department of Physics, Illinois Quantum Information Science & Technology Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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Department of Physics, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan
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Centre for Quantum Technologies and Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany
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Institute of Quantum Technologies, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Ulm, Germany
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Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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Institut für Quantenphysik and Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology (IQst), Universität Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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Hagler Institute for Advanced Study, AgriLife Research, Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering (IQSE), and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A& M University, College Station, Texas, USA
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Institute for Satellite Geodesy and Inertial Sensing, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Hanover, Germany
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Institute for Quantum Optics, Germany Leibniz University Hannover, Hanover, Germany
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Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione, Universitá degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
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Padua Quantum Technologies Research Center, Universitá degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
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Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Universitá degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
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makan.mohageg@jpl.nasa.gov
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kwiat@illinois.edu
Received:
9
November
2021
Accepted:
15
September
2022
Published online:
8
October
2022
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Deep Space Quantum Link mission concept enables a unique set of science experiments by establishing robust quantum optical links across extremely long baselines. Potential mission configurations include establishing a quantum link between the Lunar Gateway moon-orbiting space station and nodes on or near the Earth. This publication summarizes the principal experimental goals of the Deep Space Quantum Link. These goals, identified through a multi-year design study conducted by the authors, include long-range teleportation, tests of gravitational coupling to quantum states, and advanced tests of quantum nonlocality.
Key words: Quantum optics / Foundational quantum mechanics / General relativity
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