Experimental Test of Nonlocal Realism Using a Fiber-Based Source of Polarization-Entangled Photon Paris

Abstract

We describe an experimental test of local realistic and nonlocal realistic theories using polarization-entangled two-photon singlet states created using a fiber-based polarization Sagnac interferometer. We show a violation of Bell's inequality in the Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt form by 15 standard deviations, thus excluding local hidden-variable theories, and a violation of a Leggett-type nonlocal hidden-variable inequality by more than three standard deviations, thus excluding a class of nonlocal hidden-variable theories.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 25, 2008
Accession Number
ADA499265

Entities

People

  • A. Migdall
  • E.a. Goldschmidt
  • Jialu Fan
  • Jiayu Chen
  • M.d. Eisaman

Organizations

  • National Institute of Standards and Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Analyzers
  • Disruptive Technology
  • Distribution Functions
  • Elliptical Polarization
  • Inequalities
  • Interferometers
  • Mathematics
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Physics
  • Polarization
  • Quantum Mechanics
  • Standards
  • Wave Mixing
  • Waveplates

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Information Retrieval
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.