Has quantum nonlocality been experimentally verified?

Ning-Ning, Wang, Xue Yang, Yang Yan-Han +6 more

Genuine multipartite nonlocality and nonlocality arising in networks composed of several independent sources have been separately investigated. While some genuinely entangled states cannot be verified by violating a single Bell-type inequality, a quantum network consisting of different sources allows for the certification of the non-classicality of all sources. In this paper, we propose the first method to verify both types of nonlocality simultaneously in a single experiment. We consider a quantum network comprising a bipartite source and a tripartite source. We demonstrate that there are quantum correlations cannot be simulated if the tripartite source distributes biseparable systems while the bipartite source distributes even stronger-than-quantum systems. These correlations can be used to verify both the genuine multipartite nonlocality of generalized Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger states and the full network nonlocality that is stronger than all the existing results. Experimentally, we observe both types of nonlocality in a high fidelity photonic quantum network by violating a single network Bell inequality.

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Shuyuan Yang, Jinchuan Hou, Kan He +1 more

Full quantum network nonlocality (FQNN) describes a scenario where all sources in a network are nonlocal. Existing criteria of FQNN can only be verified in star networks by violating a single Bell-like inequality. Here we propose a method that certifies FQNN in general quantum networks using only a single Bell-like inequality. We show that the topological obstacle to one-shot detection can be overcome by expanding the original network with a carefully chosen number of auxiliary local sources and parties. The correlations of the enlarged network are then tested with a single inequality; a violation implies that all original sources must be nonlocal. Our approach provides an efficient, experimentally friendly way to verify FQNN in any network topology.

Ning-Ning Wang, Xue Yang, Yan‐Han Yang +6 more

Genuine multipartite nonlocality and nonlocality arising in networks composed of several independent sources have been investigated separately. While some genuinely entangled states cannot be verified by violating a single Bell-type inequality, a quantum network consisting of different sources enables the certification of the nonclassicality of all sources. In this Letter, we propose the first method to verify both types of nonlocality simultaneously in a single experiment. We consider a quantum network comprising a bipartite source and a tripartite source. We demonstrate that there are quantum correlations that cannot be simulated if the tripartite source distributes biseparable systems while the bipartite source distributes even stronger-than-quantum systems. These correlations can be used to verify both the genuine multipartite nonlocality of generalized Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger states and the full network nonlocality that is stronger than all the existing results. Experimentally, we observe both types of nonlocality in a high-fidelity photonic quantum network by violating a single network Bell inequality.

Ma-Cheng Yang, Junli Li, Cong‐Feng Qiao

Geoff J. Pryde, Jeremy L. O’Brien, Stephen D. Bartlett +1 more