Experiments towards falsification of noncontextual hidden variable theories

Citation
M. Michler et al., Experiments towards falsification of noncontextual hidden variable theories, PHYS REV L, 84(24), 2000, pp. 5457-5461
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
ISSN journal
00319007 → ACNP
Volume
84
Issue
24
Year of publication
2000
Pages
5457 - 5461
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(20000612)84:24<5457:ETFONH>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
We present two experiments testing the hypothesis of noncontextual hidden v ariables. The first one is based on observation of two-photon pseudo-Greenb erger-Horne-Zeilinger correlations, with two of the originally three partic les mimicked by the polarization degree of freedom and the spatial degree o f freedom of a single photon. The second one, a single-photon experiment, u tilizes the same trick to emulate two particle correlations, and is an "eve nt ready" test of a Bell-like inequality, derived from the noncontextuality assumption. Module fair sampling, the data falsify noncontextual hidden va riables.