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Quantum contextuality in a Young-type interference experiment

2013/04/16 by Gilberto Borges, G. F. Borges, Marcos Carvalho +8 · 1 citation
Computer Science · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Computer science #Hilbert space #Interference (communication) #Kochen–Specker theorem #Mathematics #Observable #Physics #Quantum #Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum mechanics #Qubit #Theoretical physics #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreva.89.052106

published as Phys. Rev. A 89, 052106 (2014) · 5 pages, 3 figures

arxiv created 2013/04/16 · openalex publication_date 2014/05/08 · arxiv updated 2014/05/14 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

We show that correlations between the detector positions at the two-photon Young interference plane exhibit contextual behavior. Contextuality is demonstrated by showing the violation of the n-cycle noncontextuality inequalities [M. Ara'ujo et al., Phys. Rev. A 88, 022118 (2013)] for any even number n of observables ranging from 4 to 14. These violations exclude noncontextual hidden-variable theories as an explanation of the conditional two-photon Young pattern. Unlike recent contextuality experiments, ours is free of the compatibility loophole.

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