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arXiv:1203.0981 · Physical Review A

Proposed experiments of qutrit state-independent contextuality and two-qutrit contextuality-based nonlocality

Adán Cabello, Elias Amselem, Kate Blanchfield, Mohamed Bourennane, Ingemar Bengtsson

Published Mar 5, 2012• 37 citations
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Abstract

Recent experiments have demonstrated ququart state-independent quantum contextuality and qutrit state-dependent quantum contextuality. So far, the most basic form of quantum contextuality pointed out by Kochen and Specker, and Bell, has eluded experimental confirmation. Here we present an experimentally feasible test to observe qutrit state-independent quantum contextuality using single photons in a three-path setup. In addition, we show that if the same measurements are performed on two entangled qutrits, rather than sequentially on the same qutrit, then the noncontextual inequality becomes a Bell inequality. We show that this connection also applies to other recently introduced noncontextual inequalities.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.85.032108

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We propose a test of quantum contextuality for a single three-level system that uses nine projective measurements. It has the form of an inequality that has to be satisfied by any noncontextual theory. We show that for any qutrit state, except for the maximally mixed state, one can always find a set of nine observables for which the corresponding inequality is violated. This inequality is a test of contextuality that may offer insight into the relation between state-dependent and state-independent contextuality tests present in the literature.
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