Quantum contextual phenomena observed in single-neutron interferometer experiments
- Atominstitut der Oesterreichischen Universitaeten, Stadionallee 2, A-1020 Wien (Austria)
- Atominstitut der Oesterreichischen Universitaeten, Stadionallee 2, A-1020 Vienna (Austria)
Neutron optical experiments are presented, which exhibit quantum contextual phenomena. Entanglement is achieved not between particles, but between degrees of freedom, in this case, for a single-particle. Appropriate combinations of the direction of spin analysis and the position of the phase shifter allow an experimental verification of the violation of a Bell-like inequality. Our experiments manifest the fact that manipulation of the wavefunction in one Hilbert space influences the result of the measurement in the other Hilbert space: manipulation without touch{exclamation_point} Next, we report another experiment which exhibits other peculiarity of quantum contextuality, e.g., originally intended to show a Kochen-Specker-like phenomenon. We have introduced inequalities for quantitative analysis of the experiments. The value obtained in the experiments clearly showed violations of prediction by non-contextual theory. Finally, we have accomplished a tomographic determination of entangled quantum state in single-neutrons. There, characteristics of the Bell-sate are confirmed: four poles for the real part of the density matrix are clearly seen.
- OSTI ID:
- 20787703
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 810; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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