Significant loophole-free test of Kochen-Specker contextuality using two species of atomic ions

Quantum measurements cannot be thought of as revealing preexisting results, even when they do not disturb any other measurement in the same trial. This feature is called contextuality and is crucial for the quantum advantage in computing. Here, we report the observation of quantum contextuality simu...

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Autores: Wang, Pengfei, Zhang, Junhua, Luan, Chun-Yang, Um, Mark, Wang, Ye, Qiao, Mu, Xie, Tian, Zhang, Jing-Ning, Cabello Quintero, Adán, Kim, Kihwan
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2022
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositório:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/148159
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/148159
https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abk1660
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Kochen-Specker contextuality
Atomic ions
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Resumo:Quantum measurements cannot be thought of as revealing preexisting results, even when they do not disturb any other measurement in the same trial. This feature is called contextuality and is crucial for the quantum advantage in computing. Here, we report the observation of quantum contextuality simultaneously free of the detection, sharpness, and compatibility loopholes. The detection and sharpness loopholes are closed by adopting a hybrid two-ion system and highly efficient fluorescence measurements offering a detection efficiency of 100% and a measurement repeatability of >98%. The compatibility loophole is closed by targeting correlations between observables for two different ions in a Paul trap, a 171Yb+ ion and a 138Ba+ ion, chosen so measurements on each ion use different operation laser wavelengths, fluorescence wavelengths, and detectors. The experimental results show a violation of the bound for the most adversarial noncontextual models and open a way to certify quantum systems.