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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Loophole-Free Bell Inequality Test via Preselected Macro-Qubit Entanglement

Magdalena Stobińska, Paweł Horodecki, Ravindra W. Chhajlany, Ryszard Horodecki

Published Jan 1, 2010• 0 citations
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Abstract

We present optical macro-entanglement beamsplitter-based preselection as a tool for loophole-free Bell test. Applied to experimentally feasible macro-qubits removes inefficiency of detection and dark counts. It constitutes novel polarization entanglement type.
DOI
10.1364/cleo.2010.cmcc3

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