92 research outputs found
A feasible "Kochen-Specker" experiment with single particles
We present a simple experimental scheme which can be used to demonstrate an
all-or-nothing type contradiction between non-contextual hidden variables and
quantum mechanics. The scheme, which is inspired by recent ideas by Cabello and
Garcia-Alcaine, shows that even for a single particle, path and spin
information cannot be predetermined in a non-contextual way.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Violation of Bell's inequality: criterion for quantum communication complexity advantage
We prove that for every Bell's inequality and for a broad class of protocols,
there always exists a multi-party communication complexity problem, for which
the protocol assisted by states which violate the inequality is more efficient
than any classical protocol. Moreover, for that advantage Bell's inequality
violation is a necessary and sufficient criterion. Thus, violation of Bell's
inequalities has a significance beyond that of a non-optimal-witness of
non-separability.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figur
Minimum detection efficiency for a loophole-free atom-photon Bell experiment
In Bell experiments, one problem is to achieve high enough photodetection to
ensure that there is no possibility of describing the results via a local
hidden-variable model. Using the Clauser-Horne inequality and a two-photon
non-maximally entangled state, a photodetection efficiency higher than 0.67 is
necessary. Here we discuss atom-photon Bell experiments. We show that, assuming
perfect detection efficiency of the atom, it is possible to perform a
loophole-free atom-photon Bell experiment whenever the photodetection
efficiency exceeds 0.50.Comment: REVTeX4, 4 pages, 1 figur
Experimental quantum communication complexity
We prove that the fidelity of two exemplary communication complexity
protocols, allowing for an N-1 bit communication, can be exponentially improved
by N-1 (unentangled) qubit communication. Taking into account, for a fair
comparison, all inefficiencies of state-of-the-art set-up, the experimental
implementation outperforms the best classical protocol, making it the candidate
for multi-party quantum communication applications.Comment: 4 pages, 2 eps figures, RevTEX4; submitted June 23, 200
Violations of local realism by two entangled quNits are stronger than for two qubits
Tests of local realism vs quantum mechanics based on Bell's inequality employ
two entangled qubits. We investigate the general case of two entangled quNits,
i.e. quantum systems defined in an N-dimensional Hilbert space. Via a numerical
linear optimization method we show that violations of local realism are
stronger for two maximally entangled quNits (N=3,4,...,9), than for two qubits
and that they increase with N. The two quNit measurements can be experimentally
realized using entangled photons and unbiased multiport beamsplitters.Comment: 5 pages, 2 pictures, LaTex, two columns; No changes in the result
Irrelevance of photon events distinguishability in a class of Bell experiments
We show that the possibility of distinguishing between single- and two-photon detection events, usually not met in the actual experiments, is not a necessary requirement for proof that the experiments of Alley and Shih [Phys. Rev. Lett. 61, 2921 (1988)] and Ou and Mandel [Phys. Rev. Lett. 61, 50 (1988)] are modulo a fair sampling assumption, valid tests of local realism. We also give the critical parameters for the experiments to be unconditional tests of local realism, and show that some other interesting phenomena (involving bosonic-type particle indistinguishability) can be observed during such tests
A Zoology of Bell inequalities resistant to detector inefficiency
We derive both numerically and analytically Bell inequalities and quantum
measurements that present enhanced resistance to detector inefficiency. In
particular we describe several Bell inequalities which appear to be optimal
with respect to inefficient detectors for small dimensionality d=2,3,4 and 2 or
more measurement settings at each side. We also generalize the family of Bell
inequalities described in Collins et all (Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 040404) to take
into account the inefficiency of detectors. In addition we consider the
possibility for pairs of entangled particles to be produced with probability
less than one. We show that when the pair production probability is small, one
must in general use different Bell inequalities than when the pair production
probability is high.Comment: 12 pages, revtex. Appendix completed, minor revision
Quantum correlations are not local elements of reality
I show a situation of multiparticle entanglement which cannot be explained in
the framework of an interpretation of quantum mechanics recently proposed by
Mermin. This interpretation is based on the assumption that correlations
between subsystems of an individual isolated composed quantum system are real
objective local properties of that system.Comment: REVTeX, 3 page
Experimental magnetic form factors in Co3V2O8: A combined study of ab initio calculations, magnetic Compton scattering and polarized neutron diffraction
We present a combination of ab initio calculations, magnetic Compton
scattering and polarized neutron experiments, which elucidate the density
distribution of unpaired electrons in the kagome staircase system Co3V2O8. Ab
initio wave functions were used to calculate the spin densities in real and
momentum space, which show good agreement with the respective experiments. It
has been found that the spin polarized orbitals are equally distributed between
the t2g and the eg levels for the spine (s) Co ions, while the eg orbitals of
the cross-tie (c) Co ions only represent 30% of the atomic spin density.
Furthermore, the results reveal that the magnetic moments of the cross-tie Co
ions, which are significantly smaller than those of the spine Co ions in the
zero-field ferromagnetic structure, do not saturate by applying an external
magnetic field of 2 T along the easy axis a, but that the increasing bulk
magnetization originates from induced magnetic moments on the O and V sites.
The refined individual magnetic moments are mu(Co_c)=1.54(4) mu_B,
mu(Co_s)=2.87(3) mu_B, mu(V)=0.41(4) mu_B, mu(O1)=0.05(5) mu_B, mu(O2)=0.35(5)
mu_B, and; mu(O3)=0.36(5) mu_B combining to the same macroscopic magnetization
value, which was previously only attributed to the Co ions
Multipartite entanglement in 2 x 2 x n quantum systems
We classify multipartite entangled states in the 2 x 2 x n (n >= 4) quantum
system, for example the 4-qubit system distributed over 3 parties, under local
filtering operations. We show that there exist nine essentially different
classes of states, and they give rise to a five-graded partially ordered
structure, including the celebrated Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) and W
classes of 3 qubits. In particular, all 2 x 2 x n-states can be
deterministically prepared from one maximally entangled state, and some
applications like entanglement swapping are discussed.Comment: 9 pages, 3 eps figure
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