Physics – Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
2008-05-10
Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 010401 (2009)
Physics
Quantum Physics
7 pages, 2 figures; published version with supplementary material included as appendices
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.010401
In a noncontextual hidden variable model of quantum theory, hidden variables determine the outcomes of every measurement in a manner that is independent of how the measurement is implemented. Using a generalization of this notion to arbitrary operational theories and to preparation procedures, we demonstrate that a particular two-party information-processing task, "parity-oblivious multiplexing," is powered by contextuality in the sense that there is a limit to how well any theory described by a noncontextual hidden variable model can perform. This bound constitutes a "noncontextuality inequality" that is violated by quantum theory. We report an experimental violation of this inequality in good agreement with the quantum predictions. The experimental results also provide the first demonstration of 2-to-1 and 3-to-1 quantum random access codes. Consequently, our experimental results also demonstrate better-than-classical performance for this task. They also represent the first demonstration of 2-to-1 and 3-to-1 quantum random access codes.
Buzacott D. H.
Keehn A. J.
Pryde Geoffrey J.
Spekkens Robert W.
Toner Ben
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