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Imaging Bell-type nonlocal behavior

Paul‐Antoine Moreau, Ermes Toninelli, Thomas Gregory, Reuben S. Aspden, Peter A. Morris, Miles J. Padgett

Published Jul 5, 2019• 75 citations
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Abstract

= 2.44 ± 0.04. This result both opens the way to new quantum imaging schemes based on the violation of a Bell inequality and suggests promise for quantum information schemes based on spatial variables.
DOI
10.1126/sciadv.aaw2563

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