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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Stronger Quantum Contextuality

Wen-Rong Qi, Jie Zhou, Ling‐Jun Kong, Chenghou Tu, Yongnan Li, Adán Cabello, Jing‐Ling Chen, Hui‐Tian Wang

Published Jan 1, 2020• 0 citations
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Abstract

We theoretically introduce a family of Hardy-like proofs which lead to stronger noncontextuality inequalities than that of extended KCBS. Meanwhile, we experimentally verify the simplest case of Hardy-like proof based on a fourdimensional photonic system.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_at.2020.jth2a.19

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