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By applying Hardy's argument, we demonstrate the violation of local realism in a gedanken experiment using independent and separated particle sources.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Xu-Bo Zou , Hai-Woong Lee , Jaewan Kim , Jae-Weon Lee , Eok Kyun Lee

We comment on the purported violation of local realism, by a single photon induced correlations between homodyne detectors, which one can find in: New J. Phys. 10, 113024 (2008), [arXiv:0807.0109]. The claim is erroneous, due to a…

Quantum nonlocality is arguably among the most counter-intuitive phenomena predicted by quantum theory. In recent years, the development of an abstract theory of nonlocality has brought a much deeper understanding of the subject. In…

A nonlocal theory of optical real image formation is developed from the basic quantum physics linked to an optical real image formation apparatus. Optical real images are formed by photons. Photons are nonlocal quantum objects that exhibit…

Optics · Physics 2014-08-05 Greyson Gilson

According to the no-signaling theorem, the nonlocal collapse of the wavefunction of an entangled particle by the measurement on its twin particle at a remote location cannot be used to send useful information. Given that experiments on…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2014-04-18 Subhash Kak

Relativistic Nonlocality is applied to experiments in which one of the photons impacts successively at two beam-splitters. It is discussed whether a time series with 2 non-before impacts can be produced with beam-splitters at rest, and such…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Antoine Suarez

The state obtained when a single photon impinges on a balanced beamsplitter is often known as single-photon entangled and its nonlocal properties have been the subject of intense debates in the quantum optics and foundations communities. It…

Nonlocality as a fundamental aspect of quantum mechanics is witnessed by violation of Bell inequality or its variants, for which all relevant studies assume some correlations exhibited by local realistic theories. The strategy of Bell's…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-12-04 Boya Xie , Sheng Feng

Quantum entanglement is a stunning consequence of the superposition principle. This universal property of quantum systems has been intensively explored with photons, atoms, ions and electrons. Collective excitations such as surface plasmons…

Recently much interest has been directed towards designing setups that achieve realistic loss thresholds for decisive tests of local realism, in particular in the optical regime. We analyse the feasibility of such Bell tests based on a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-01-11 Rafael Chaves , Jonatan Bohr Brask

The foundational ideas of quantum mechanics continue to give rise to counterintuitive theories and physical effects that are in conflict with a classical description of Nature. Experiments with light at the single photon level have…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-01-16 Peter Shadbolt , Jonathan C. F. Matthews , Anthony Laing , Jeremy L. O'Brien

We develop and exploit a source of two-photon four-dimensional entanglement to report the first two-particle all-versus-nothing test of local realism with a linear optics setup, but without resorting to a non-contextuality ssumption. Our…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-10 Tao Yang , Qiang Zhang , Jun Zhang , Juan Yin , Zhi Zhao , Marek Zukowski , Zeng-Bing Chen , Jian-Wei Pan

It is argued that Hardy-type proposals assume either nonlocality at detection, and then beg the question, or "local empty waves" (local hidden variables), and then have to accept "many worlds" and cannot prove nonlocality.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-04-16 Antoine Suarez

Experiments showing the violation of Bell inequalities have formed our belief that the world at its smallest is genuinely non-local. While many non-locality experiments use the first quantised picture, the physics of fields of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 Libby Heaney , Janet Anders

It is generally assumed that the detection of a single photon as part of an interference pattern erases all possible which-path information. However, recent insights suggest that weak interactions can provide non-trivial experimental…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-31 Ryuya Fukuda , Masataka Iinuma , Yuto Matsumoto , Holger F. Hofmann

Experimental tests of Bell-type inequalities distinguishing between quantum mechanics and local realistic theories remain of considerable interest if performed on massive particles, for which no conclusive result has yet been obtained. Only…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-04-09 M. Iannuzzi , R. Messi , D. Moricciani , A. Orecchini , F. Sacchetti

Recent experiments to test Bell's inequality using entangled photons and ions aimed at tests of basic quantum mechanical principles. Interesting results have been obtained and many loopholes could be closed. In this paper we want to point…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 Dimitris G. Angelakis , Almut Beige , Peter L. Knight , William J. Munro , Ben Tregenna

A single quantum particle can be described by a wavefunction that spreads over arbitrarily large distances, but it is never detected in two (or more) places. This strange phenomenon is explained in quantum theory by what Einstein repudiated…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-04-20 Maria Fuwa , Shuntaro Takeda , Marcin Zwierz , Howard M. Wiseman , Akira Furusawa

We report the observation of entanglement between a single trapped atom and a single photon at a wavelength suitable for low-loss communication over large distances, thereby achieving a crucial step towards long range quantum networks. To…

In electromagnetics and photonics, "nonlocality" refers to the phenomenon by which the response/output of a material or system at a certain point in space depends on the input field across an extended region of space. While nonlocal effects…

Optics · Physics 2023-02-01 Kunal Shastri , Francesco Monticone