Corrected Bell and Noncontextuality Inequalities for Realistic Experiments

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.19383v2
• Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 12:59:08 GMT
• Title: Corrected Bell and Noncontextuality Inequalities for Realistic Experiments
• Authors: Kim Vallée, Pierre-Emmanuel Emeriau, Boris Bourdoncle, Adel Sohbi, Shane Mansfield, Damian Markham,
• Abstract summary: Contextuality is a feature of quantum correlations. It is crucial from a foundational perspective as a nonclassical phenomenon, and from an applied perspective as a resource for quantum advantage. We prove the continuity of a known measure of contextuality, the contextual fraction, which ensures its robustness to noise. We then bound the extent to which these relaxations can account for contextuality, culminating in a notion of genuine contextuality, which is robust to experimental imperfections.
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• Abstract: Contextuality is a feature of quantum correlations. It is crucial from a foundational perspective as a nonclassical phenomenon, and from an applied perspective as a resource for quantum advantage. It is commonly defined in terms of hidden variables, for which it forces a contradiction with the assumptions of parameter-independence and determinism. The former can be justified by the empirical property of non-signalling or non-disturbance, and the latter by the empirical property of measurement sharpness. However, in realistic experiments neither empirical property holds exactly, which leads to possible objections to contextuality as a form of nonclassicality, and potential vulnerabilities for supposed quantum advantages. We introduce measures to quantify both properties, and introduce quantified relaxations of the corresponding assumptions. We prove the continuity of a known measure of contextuality, the contextual fraction, which ensures its robustness to noise. We then bound the extent to which these relaxations can account for contextuality, via corrections terms to the contextual fraction (or to any noncontextuality inequality), culminating in a notion of genuine contextuality, which is robust to experimental imperfections. We then show that our result is general enough to apply or relate to a variety of established results and experimental setups.

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