State-independent quantum contextuality with single photons.
We present an experimental state-independent violation of an inequality for noncontextual theories on single particles. We show that 20 different single-photon states violate an inequality which involves correlations between results of sequential compatible measurements by at least 419 standard deviations. Our results show that, for any physical system, even for a single system, and independent of its state, there is a universal set of tests whose results do not admit a noncontextual interpretation. This sheds new light on the role of quantum mechanics in quantum information processing.
Amselem
Elias
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Department of Physics, Stockholm University, S-10691, Stockholm, Sweden.
Rådmark
Magnus
M
Bourennane
Mohamed
M
Cabello
Adán
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