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Physical Review A

Quantum nonlocality for a three-particle nonmaximally entangled state without inequalities

Shi‐Biao Zheng

Published Jul 18, 2002• 37 citations
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Abstract

We show that it is possible to demonstrate quantum nonlocality for three particles in a nonmaximally entangled state without using inequality. The nonlocal effect might be much stronger than that which a two-particle nonmaximally entangled state can exhibit, as described by Hardy [Phys. Rev. Lett. 71, 1665 (1993)].
DOI
10.1103/physreva.66.014103

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