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

Abstract

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 first 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 $>98\%$. The compatibility loophole is closed by targeting correlations between observables for two different ions in a Paul trap, a ${}^{171}{\mathrm{Yb}}^{+}$ ion and a ${}^{138}{\mathrm{Ba}}^{+}$ 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 new way to certify quantum systems.

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