A state-independent test of the Kochen-Specker theorem. (English) Zbl 1169.81302
Summary: We propose a feasible Kochen-Specker experiment with single photons, whose goal is to submit noncontextual hidden-variable theories to nonstatistical, all-or-nothing tests. Our proposal improves some recently performed tests in two respects. First, the present proposal is state-independent, thereby realizing a scheme designed by Cabello and Garcí-Alcaine that was only partially realized in recent experiments. Second, our proposal can deal with non-ideal detectors without invoking the fair sampling assumption.
MSC:
81P05 | General and philosophical questions in quantum theory |
81P20 | Stochastic mechanics (including stochastic electrodynamics) |
81P15 | Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations |
Keywords:
hidden variable theories; Bell-kochen-specker theorem; local realism; non-ideal detectors and the fair sampling assumptionReferences:
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