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Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox in single pairs of images
Paul-antoine MoreauSeverine DenisFabrice DevauxEric Lantzsubject
PhysicsQuantum Physics[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics]PhotonPlane (geometry)FOS: Physical sciencesImage plane01 natural sciencesAtomic and Molecular Physics and Optics010305 fluids & plasmassymbols.namesakeSignal-to-noise ratioFourier transformPosition (vector)Quantum mechanics0103 physical sciencessymbolsEPR paradoxQuantum Physics (quant-ph)010306 general physicsQuantumdescription
Spatially entangled twin photons provide a test of the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) paradox in its original form of position (image plane) versus impulsion (Fourier plane). We show that recording a single pair of images in each plane is sufficient to safely demonstrate an EPR paradox. On each pair of images, we have retrieved the fluctuations by subtracting the fitted deterministic intensity shape and then have obtained an intercorrelation peak with a sufficient signal to noise ratio to safely distinguish this peak from random fluctuations. A 95% confidence interval has been determined, confirming a high degree of paradox whatever the considered single pairs. Last, we have verified that the value of the variance of the difference between twin images is always below the quantum (poissonian) limit, in order to ensure the particle character of the demonstration. Our demonstration shows that a single image pattern can reveal the quantum and non-local behavior of light, without any need of averaging after repeating the experiment.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-01-01 | Optics Express |