Towards an Experimental Device-Independent Verification of Indefinite Causal Order

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2506.16949v1
• Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2025 12:32:08 GMT
• Title: Towards an Experimental Device-Independent Verification of Indefinite Causal Order
• Authors: Carla M. D. Richter, Michael Antesberger, Huan Cao, Philip Walther, Lee A. Rozema,
• Abstract summary: We present the first implementation of a device-independent protocol to verify indefinite causal order.<n>This represents an important step towards the device-independent verification of an indefinite causal order.
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• Abstract: In classical physics, events follow a definite causal order: the past influences the future, but not the reverse. Quantum theory, however, permits superpositions of causal orders -- so-called indefinite causal orders -- which can provide operational advantages over classical scenarios. Verifying such phenomena has sparked significant interest, much like earlier efforts devoted to refuting local realism and confirming the quantum entanglement. To date, demonstrations of indefinite causal order have all been based a process called the quantum switch and have relied on device-dependent or semi-device-independent protocols. A recent theoretical development introduced a Bell-like inequality that allows for fully device-independent verification of indefinite causal order in a quantum switch. Here we implement this verification by experimentally violating this inequality. In particular, we measure a value of $1.8427 \pm 0.0038$, which is 24 standard deviations above the classical bound of $1.75$. Our work presents the first implementation of a device-independent protocol to verify indefinite causal order, albeit in the presence of experimental loopholes. This represents an important step towards the device-independent verification of an indefinite causal order, and provides a context in which to identify loopholes specifically related to the verification of indefinite causal order.

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