- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 The Quantum nature of light
- 2 Quantization of cavity modes
- 3 Field quantization
- 4 Interaction of light with matter
- 5 Coherent states
- 6 Entangled states
- 7 Paraxial quantum optics
- 8 Linear optical devices
- 9 Photon detection
- 10 Experiments in linear optics
- 11 Coherent interaction of light with atoms
- 12 Cavity quantum electrodynamics
- 13 Nonlinear quantum optics
- 14 Quantum noise and dissipation
- 15 Nonclassical states of light
- 16 Linear optical amplifiers*
- 17 Quantum tomography
- 18 The master equation
- 19 Bell's theorem and its optical tests
- 20 Quantum information
- Appendix A Mathematics
- Appendix B Classical electrodynamics
- Appendix C Quantum theory
- References
- Index
Bell's theorem and its optical tests
Bell's theorem and its optical tests
- Chapter:
- (p.578) 19 Bell's theorem and its optical tests
- Source:
- Quantum Optics
- Author(s):
J. C. Garrison
R. Y. Chiao
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter begins with a review of the ideas of locality and realism which provide the basis for the Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen paradox. The general conditions defining a local, realistic theory are stated, and then used to prove Bell's theorem, which yields — for any local, realistic theory — an inequality satisfied by certain linear combinations of correlations. It is shown that this inequality is violated by quantum theory and by experiment. The chapter ends with a discussion of possible experimental loopholes and the alternative Greenberger–Horne–Zeilinger (GHZ) state, which would, in principle, make the use of statistical correlations unnecessary.
Keywords: locality, realism, Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen paradox, local, realistic theory, Bell's theorem, experimental loopholes, GHZ state
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 The Quantum nature of light
- 2 Quantization of cavity modes
- 3 Field quantization
- 4 Interaction of light with matter
- 5 Coherent states
- 6 Entangled states
- 7 Paraxial quantum optics
- 8 Linear optical devices
- 9 Photon detection
- 10 Experiments in linear optics
- 11 Coherent interaction of light with atoms
- 12 Cavity quantum electrodynamics
- 13 Nonlinear quantum optics
- 14 Quantum noise and dissipation
- 15 Nonclassical states of light
- 16 Linear optical amplifiers*
- 17 Quantum tomography
- 18 The master equation
- 19 Bell's theorem and its optical tests
- 20 Quantum information
- Appendix A Mathematics
- Appendix B Classical electrodynamics
- Appendix C Quantum theory
- References
- Index
