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Experimental demonstration of genuine multipartite quantum nonlocality without shared reference frames

Zhao Wang, Chao Zhang, Yun‐Feng Huang, Bi‐Heng Liu, Chuan‐Feng Li, Guang‐Can Guo

Published Mar 21, 2016• 7 citations

Abstract

Multipartite quantum nonlocality is an important diagnostic tool and resource for both researches in fundamental quantum mechanics and applications in quantum information protocols. Shared reference frames among all parties are usually required for experimentally observing quantum nonlocality, which is not possible in many circumstances. Previous results have shown violations of bipartite Bell inequalities with approaching unit probability, without shared reference frames. Here we experimentally demonstrate genuine multipartite quantum nonlocality without shared reference frames, using the Svetlichny inequality. A significant violation probability of 0.58 is observed with a high-fidelity three-photon Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger state. Furthermore, when there is one shared axis among all the parties, which is the usual case in fiber-optic or earth-satellite links, the experimental results demonstrate the genuine three-partite nonlocality with certainty. Our experiment will be helpful for applications in multipartite quantum communication protocols.

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.93.032127

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