Experimental test of nonlocal quantum correlation in relativistic configurations
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We report on an experimental investigation of the tension between quantum nonlocality and relativity. Entangled photons are sent via an optical fiber network to two villages near Geneva, separated by more than 10 km where they are analyzed by interferometers. The photon pair source is set as precisely as possible in the center so that the two photons arrive at the detectors within a time interval of less than 5 ps (corresponding to a path length difference of less than 1 mm). One detector is set in motion so that both detectors, each in its own inertial reference frame, are first to do the measurement! The data always reproduces the quantum correlations, making it thus more difficult to consider the projection postulate as a compact description of real collapses of the wave function.
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Bell experiments were also performed using fiber-based entangled photon sources, from which two photons were distributed over a distance of more than 10 km apart.
“The Bell experiments were also performed using fiber-based entangled photon sources, from which two photons were distributed over a distance of more than 10 km apart, see, e.g., (Tittel et al., 1998;Zbinden et al., 2001).”
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- Authors
- Zbinden, H., Brendel, J., Gisin, N., & Tittel, W.
- Affiliations
- University of Geneva (CH)
- Venue
- Physical Review A
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 2001-01-17
- Volume
- 63
- Issue
- 2
- ISSN
- 0556-2791 (ISSN-L)
- 1050-2947
- 1094-1622
- OpenAlex
- W2013918180
- Cited by
- 143
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 7.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Physical Review A (publishedVersion)
- Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) (submittedVersion)
- Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Mechanics and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Quantum Information and Cryptography
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
- Keywords
- quantum nonlocality, entangled photons, Bell tests, moving detectors, optical fiber communication, wave function collapse, projection postulate
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