Experimental observation of Hardy-like quantum contextuality
arXiv:1408.6763 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.250403
Abstract
Contextuality is a fundamental property of quantum theory and a critical resource for quantum computation. Here, we experimentally observe the arguably cleanest form of contextuality in quantum theory [A. Cabello \emph{et al.}, Phys. Rev. Lett. \textbf{111}, 180404 (2013)] by implementing a novel method for performing two sequential measurements on heralded photons. This method opens the door to a variety of fundamental experiments and applications.
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