The GFROG experiment: A Giant Fiber Ring Optical Gyroscope for testing General Relativity with two-photon entanglement

Author(s)
Raffaele Silvestri, Philip Walther
Abstract

We propose a giant fiber Sagnac interferometer probed with two-photon entanglement to target the general-relativistic frame-dragging contribution to Earth's rotation rate at femtorad/s precision. We outline the design, construct a physical model, and simulate the experiment.

Organisation(s)
Research Network Quantum Aspects of Space Time, Quantum Science
External organisation(s)
Vienna Doctoral School in Physics
No. of pages
2
Publication date
2026
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103028 Theory of relativity, 103021 Optics
ASJC Scopus subject areas
General Computer Science, Space and Planetary Science, Control and Systems Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Instrumentation
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/11418032-82a5-4af4-bcbd-763fde4ad657