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arXiv:1204.0058 · Physical Review Letters

Violation of the Cauchy-Schwarz Inequality with Matter Waves

Karen V. Kheruntsyan, Jean-Christophe Jaskula, Piotr Deuar, Marie Bonneau, Guthrie B. Partridge, Josselin Ruaudel, Raphael Lopes, Denis Boiron, Christoph Ira Westbrook

Published Jun 25, 2012• 94 citations
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Abstract

The Cauchy-Schwarz (CS) inequality-one of the most widely used and important inequalities in mathematics-can be formulated as an upper bound to the strength of correlations between classically fluctuating quantities. Quantum-mechanical correlations can, however, exceed classical bounds. Here we realize four-wave mixing of atomic matter waves using colliding Bose-Einstein condensates, and demonstrate the violation of a multimode CS inequality for atom number correlations in opposite zones of the collision halo. The correlated atoms have large spatial separations and therefore open new opportunities for extending fundamental quantum-nonlocality tests to ensembles of massive particles.

DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.108.260401

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