The detection of Planck-scale physics facilitated by nonlinear quantum optics

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.07844v1
• Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2025 06:42:21 GMT
• Title: The detection of Planck-scale physics facilitated by nonlinear quantum optics
• Authors: Wenlin Li, Chengsong Zhao, Najmeh Eshaqi-Sani, Zhiyu Jiang, Xingli Li,
• Abstract summary: We present a fully quantum model for measuring the nonstationary dynamics of a ng-mass mechanical resonator.<n>The measurement resolution is optimized to a precision level that is $15$ orders of magnitude below the electroweak scale.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: A tenet of contemporary physics is that novel physics beyond the Standard Model lurks at a scale related to the Planck length. The development and validation of a unified framework that merges general relativity and quantum physics is contingent upon the observation of Planck-scale physics. Here, we present a fully quantum model for measuring the nonstationary dynamics of a ng-mass mechanical resonator, which will slightly deviate from the predictions of standard quantum mechanics induced by modified commutation relations associated with quantum gravity effects at low-energy scalar. The deformed commutator is quantified by the oscillation frequency deviation, which is amplified by the nonlinear mechanism of the detection field. The measurement resolution is optimized to a precision level that is $15$ orders of magnitude below the electroweak scale.

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