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A strong loophole-free test of local realism

Authors :
Shalm, Lynden K.
Meyer-Scott, Evan
Christensen, Bradley G.
Bierhorst, Peter
Wayne, Michael A.
Stevens, Martin J.
Gerrits, Thomas
Glancy, Scott
Hamel, Deny R.
Allman, Michael S.
Coakley, Kevin J.
Dyer, Shellee D.
Hodge, Carson
Lita, Adriana E.
Verma, Varun B.
Lambrocco, Camilla
Tortorici, Edward
Migdall, Alan L.
Zhang, Yanbao
Kumor, Daniel R.
Farr, William H.
Marsili, Francesco
Shaw, Matthew D.
Stern, Jeffrey A.
Abellán, Carlos
Amaya, Waldimar
Pruneri, Valerio
Jennewein, Thomas
Mitchell, Morgan W.
Kwiat, Paul G.
Bienfang, Joshua C.
Mirin, Richard P.
Knill, Emanuel
Nam, Sae Woo
Source :
Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 250402 (2015)
Publication Year :
2015

Abstract

We present a loophole-free violation of local realism using entangled photon pairs. We ensure that all relevant events in our Bell test are spacelike separated by placing the parties far enough apart and by using fast random number generators and high-speed polarization measurements. A high-quality polarization-entangled source of photons, combined with high-efficiency, low-noise, single-photon detectors, allows us to make measurements without requiring any fair-sampling assumptions. Using a hypothesis test, we compute p-values as small as $5.9\times 10^{-9}$ for our Bell violation while maintaining the spacelike separation of our events. We estimate the degree to which a local realistic system could predict our measurement choices. Accounting for this predictability, our smallest adjusted p-value is $2.3 \times 10^{-7}$. We therefore reject the hypothesis that local realism governs our experiment.<br />Comment: Supplemental material available as an ancillary file

Subjects

Subjects :
Quantum Physics

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 250402 (2015)
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1511.03189
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.250402