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Experimental violation of the Leggett-Garg inequality with a single-spin system

Quantum Physics 2022-05-04 v1

Abstract

Investigation the boundary between quantum mechanical description and classical realistic view is of fundamental importance. The Leggett-Garg inequality provides a criterion to distinguish between quantum systems and classical systems, and can be used to prove the macroscopic superposition state. A larger upper bound of the LG function can be obtained in a multi-level system. Here, we present an experimental violation of the Leggett-Garg inequality in a three-level system using nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond by ideal negative result measurement. The experimental maximum value of Leggett-Garg function is K3exp=1.625±0.022K_{3}^{exp}=1.625\pm0.022 which exceeds the L\"uders bound with a 5σ5\sigma level of confidence.

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@article{arxiv.2204.07765,
  title  = {Experimental violation of the Leggett-Garg inequality with a single-spin system},
  author = {Maimaitiyiming Tusun and Wei Cheng and Zihua Chai and Yang Wu and Ya Wang and Xing Rong and Jiangfeng Du},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.07765},
  year   = {2022}
}