Experimentally ruling out joint reality based on operational completeness
arXiv:2203.05244 · doi:10.1088/2058-9565/ad1b4c
Abstract
Whether the observables of a physical system admit real values is of fundamental importance to a deep understanding of nature. In this work, we report a device-independent experiment to confirm that the joint reality of two observables on a single two-level system is incompatible with the assumption of operational completeness, which is strictly weaker than that of preparation noncontextuality. We implement two observables on a trapped ion to test this incompatibility via violation of certain inequalities derived from both linear and nonlinear criteria. Moreover, by introducing a highly controllable dephasing channel, we show that the nonlinear criterion is more robust against noise. Our results push the fundamental limit to delineate the quantum-classical boundary and pave the way for exploring relevant problems in other scenarios.
arXiv comment6 pages, 3 figures
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