Published November 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

Bell inequalities resistant to detector inefficiency

  • 1. Ecole Polytechnique, C.P. 165, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 1050 Brussels (Belgium)
  • 2. Service de Physique Theorique, C.P. 225, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 1050 Brussels (Belgium)
  • 3. Service de Physique Theorique, C. P. 225, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 1050 Brussels (Belgium)
  • 4. Group of Applied Physics, University of Geneva, 20 rue de l'Ecole-de-Medecine, CH-1211 Geneva 4 (Switzerland)

Description

We derive both numerically and analytically Bell inequalities and quantum measurements that present enhanced resistance to detector inefficiency. In particular, we describe several Bell inequalities which appear to be optimal with respect to inefficient detectors for small dimensionality d=2,3,4 and two or more measurement settings at each side. We also generalize the family of Bell inequalities described by Collins et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 040404 (2002)] to take into account the inefficiency of detectors. In addition, we consider the possibility for pairs of entangled particles to be produced with probability less than 1. We show that when the pair production probability is small, one should in general use different Bell inequalities than when the pair production probability is high

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
66
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 052112-052112.12
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36075146
Subject category
S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
BELL THEOREM; CORRELATIONS; ENERGY LEVELS; PAIR PRODUCTION; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM MECHANICS
Descriptors DEC
INTERACTIONS; MECHANICS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION

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(c) 2002 The American Physical Society