Violation of Bell's Inequality under Strict Einstein Locality Conditions
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We observe strong violation of Bell's inequality in an Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen-type experiment with independent observers. Our experiment definitely implements the ideas behind the well-known work by Aspect et al. We for the first time fully enforce the condition of locality, a central assumption in the derivation of Bell's theorem. The necessary spacelike separation of the observations is achieved by sufficient physical distance between the measurement stations, by ultrafast and random setting of the analyzers, and by completely independent data registration.
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- Authors
- Weihs, G., Jennewein, T., Simon, C., Weinfurter, H., & Zeilinger, A.
- Affiliations
- Universität Innsbruck (AT)
- Venue
- Physical Review Letters
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 1998-12-07
- Volume
- 81
- Issue
- 23
- Pages
- 5039-5043
- ISSN
- 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
- 1079-7114
- OpenAlex
- W1994712115
- Cited by
- 1,643
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 23.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Physical Review Letters (publishedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) (submittedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- 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
- Bell inequality violation, Einstein locality, Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen experiment, quantum entanglement, spacelike separation, independent observers, Aspect experiment, Bell's theorem
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