Joint measurements and Bell inequalities

Son, Wonmin and Andersson, Erika and Barnett, Stephen M. and Kim, M.S. (2005) Joint measurements and Bell inequalities. Physical Review A, 72 (5). 052116/1-052116/7. ISSN 1050-2947 (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.72.052116)

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Abstract

Joint quantum measurements of noncommuting observables are possible, if one accepts an increase in the measured variances. A necessary condition for a joint measurement to be possible is that a joint probability distribution exists for the measurement. This fact suggests that there may be a link with Bell inequalities, as these will be satisfied if and only if a joint probability distribution for all involved observables exists. We investigate the connections between Bell inequalities and conditions for joint quantum measurements to be possible. Mermin's inequality for the three-particle Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger state turns out to be equivalent to the condition for a joint measurement on two out of the three quantum systems to exist. Gisin's Bell inequality for three coplanar measurement directions, meanwhile, is shown to be less strict than the condition for the corresponding joint measurement.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:6194
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    30 November 2005
    Published
    Subjects:Science > Physics > Optics. Light
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Miss Darcy Spiller
    Date deposited:02 Jun 2008
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 08:46
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/6194
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