arXiv Open Access 2024

Loophole-free test of macroscopic realism via high-order correlations of measurement

Ping Wang Chong Chen Hao Liao Vadim V. Vorobyov Joerg Wrachtrup +1 lainnya
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Test of {macroscopic realism} (MR) is key to understanding the foundation of quantum mechanics. Due to the existence of the {non-invasive measurability} loophole and other interpretation loopholes, however, such test remains an open question. Here we propose a general inequality based on high-order correlations of measurements for a loophole-free test of MR at the weak signal limit. Importantly, the inequality is established using the statistics of \textit{raw data} recorded by classical devices, without requiring a specific model for the measurement process, so its violation would falsify MR without the interpretation loophole. The non-invasive measurability loophole is also closed, since the weak signal limit can be verified solely by measurement data (using the relative scaling behaviors of different orders of correlations). We demonstrate that the inequality can be broken by a quantum spin model. The inequality proposed here provides an unambiguous test of the MR principle and is also useful to characterizing {quantum coherence}.

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Ping Wang

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Chong Chen

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Hao Liao

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Vadim V. Vorobyov

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Joerg Wrachtrup

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and Ren-Bao Liu

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Wang, P., Chen, C., Liao, H., Vorobyov, V.V., Wrachtrup, J., Liu, a.R. (2024). Loophole-free test of macroscopic realism via high-order correlations of measurement. https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.05246

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