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Experimentally faking the violation of Bell's inequalities

Quantum Physics 2011-10-25 v3

Abstract

Entanglement witnesses such as Bell inequalities are frequently used to prove the non-classicality of a light source and its suitability for further tasks. By demonstrating Bell inequality violations using classical light in common experimental arrangements, we highlight why strict locality and efficiency conditions are not optional, particularly in security-related scenarios.

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@article{arxiv.1106.3224,
  title  = {Experimentally faking the violation of Bell's inequalities},
  author = {Ilja Gerhardt and Qin Liu and Antía Lamas-Linares and Johannes Skaar and Valerio Scarani and Vadim Makarov and Christian Kurtsiefer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.3224},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

Added discussion of countermeasures, updated references. This version is published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 5 pages, 4 figures