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Experimental observation of impossible-to-beat quantum advantage on a hybrid photonic system

Quantum Physics 2012-03-06 v1

Abstract

Quantum resources outperform classical ones for certain communication and computational tasks. Remarkably, in some cases, the quantum advantage cannot be improved using hypothetical postquantum resources. A class of tasks with this property can be singled out using graph theory. Here we report the experimental observation of an impossible-to-beat quantum advantage on a four-dimensional quantum system defined by the polarization and orbital angular momentum of a single photon. The results show pristine evidence of the quantum advantage and are compatible with the maximum advantage allowed using postquantum resources.

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@article{arxiv.1203.0980,
  title  = {Experimental observation of impossible-to-beat quantum advantage on a hybrid photonic system},
  author = {Eleonora Nagali and Vincenzo D'Ambrosio and Fabio Sciarrino and Adan Cabello},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.0980},
  year   = {2012}
}

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