TY - JOUR
T1 - Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox in single pairs of images
AU - Lantz, Eric
AU - Denis, Severine
AU - Moreau, Paul Antoine
AU - Devaux, Fabrice
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Optical Society of America.
PY - 2015/10/5
Y1 - 2015/10/5
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1364/OE.23.026472
DO - 10.1364/OE.23.026472
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84943791818
SN - 1094-4087
VL - 23
SP - 26472
EP - 26478
JO - Optics Express
JF - Optics Express
IS - 20
ER -