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Simple method for experimentally testing any form of quantum contextuality

Quantum Physics 2016-03-02 v2

Abstract

Contextuality provides a unifying paradigm for nonclassical aspects of quantum probabilities and resources of quantum information. Unfortunately, most forms of quantum contextuality remain experimentally unexplored due to the difficulty of performing sequences of projective measurements on individual quantum systems. Here we show that two-point correlations between binary compatible observables are sufficient to reveal any form of contextuality. This allows us to design simple experiments that are more robust against imperfections and easier to analyze, thus opening the door for observing interesting forms of contextuality, including those requiring quantum systems of high dimensions. In addition, it allows us to connect contextuality to communication complexity scenarios and reformulate a recent result relating contextuality and quantum computation.

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@article{arxiv.1512.05370,
  title  = {Simple method for experimentally testing any form of quantum contextuality},
  author = {Adán Cabello},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.05370},
  year   = {2016}
}

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