Testing Quantum Contextuality: The Problem of Compatibility

By Jochen Szangolies

Jochen Szangolies contributes a novel way of dealing with the problem of the experimental testability of the Kochen-Specker theorem posed by realistic, that is, noisy, measurements. Such noise spoils perfect compatibility between successive measurements, which however is a necessary requirement to test the notion of contextuality in usual approaches. To overcome this difficulty, a new, extended notion of contextuality that reduces to Kochen-Specker contextuality in the limit of perfect measurement implementations is proposed by the author, together with a scheme to test this notion experimentally. Furthermore, the behaviour of these tests under realistic noise conditions is investigated.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3658091991
• ISBN13: 9783658091996
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Springer Spektrum
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"