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Testing Quantum Nonlocality in Phase Space

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Banaszek, Konrad, Wódkiewicz, Krzysztof·1999·Physical Review Letters

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We propose an experimental scheme for testing nonlocality of a correlated two-mode quantum state of light. We show that the correlation functions violating the Bell inequalities in the proposed experiment are equal to the joint two-mode $Q$ function and the Wigner function. This assigns a novel operational meaning to these two quasidistribution functions in tests of quantum nonlocality and also establishes a direct relationship between two intriguing aspects of quantum mechanics: the nonlocality of entangled states and the noncommutativity of quantum observables, which underlies the nonclassical structure of the phase-space quasidistribution functions.

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  • For continuous variables like position and momentum, these operators may include parity and two other variables that test even and odd wavefunctions.

    “For continuous variables like position and momentum, these operators may include parity and two other variables that test even and odd wavefunctions [34][35][36][37][38].”

    From Exactly solvable 2D model for photon propagation in curved space: loss of interference and Bell inequality violation (2022) · cites this paper as [35]

    On p. 2, the paper describes a pair of projection operators that distinguish an even from an odd number of detected photons. On p. 3, it identifies the resulting correlation with a displaced parity operator. It does not describe those operators as testing even and odd wavefunctions; its measurement concerns photon-number parity in an optical setup. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Authors
Banaszek, K., & Wódkiewicz, K.
Affiliations
University of Warsaw (PL)
Venue
Physical Review Letters
Published
1999-03-08
Volume
82
Issue
10
Pages
2009-2013
ISSN
  • 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
  • 1079-7114
OpenAlex
W2035228018
Cited by
338
References
27
Citations by year
2026: 13 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 18 · 2015: 18 · 2014: 13 · 2013: 15 · 2012: 9
FWCI
8.75
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Physical Review Letters (publishedVersion)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (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 › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum optics and atomic interactions
Keywords
quantum nonlocality, Bell inequality violation, two-mode entangled states, Wigner function, Q-function, tests of quantum mechanics

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