Signatures of Quantum Gravity in the Gravitational Self-Interaction of Photons

Abstract

We propose relativistic tests of quantum gravity using the gravitational self-interaction of photons in a cavity. We demonstrate that this interaction results in a number of quantum gravitational signatures in the quantum state of the light that cannot be reproduced by any classical theory of gravity. We rigorously assess these effects using quantum parameter estimation theory, and discuss simple measurement schemes that optimally extract their signatures. Crucially, the proposed tests are free of QED photon-photon scattering, are sensitive to the spin of the mediating gravitons, and can probe the locality of the gravitational interaction. These protocols provide a new avenue for studying the quantum nature of gravity in a relativistic setting.

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