Conclusive quantum steering with superconducting transition-edge sensors

Published

January 10, 2012

Author(s)

Devin H. Smith, Marcelo de Almeida, Gillett Geoff, Branciard Cyril, Allesandro Fedrizzi, Weinhold J. Till, Adriana Lita, Brice R. Calkins, Thomas Gerrits, Wiseman H, Sae Woo Nam, Andrew G. White

Abstract

Quantum steering allows two parties to verify shared entanglement even if one measurement device is untrusted. A conclusive demonstration of steering through the violation of a steering inequality is of considerable fundamental interest and opens up applications in quantum communication. To date, all experimental tests with single-photon states have relied on post selection, allowing untrusted devices to cheat by hiding unfavourable events in losses. Here we close this 'detection loophole' by combining a highly efficient source of entangled photon pairs with superconducting transition-edge sensors. We achieve an unprecedented 62% conditional detection efficiency of entangled photons and violate a steering inequality with the minimal number of measurement settings by 48 s.d.s. Our results provide a clear path to practical applications of steering and to a photonic loophole-free Bell test.

Citation

Physical Review Letters

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Journals

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https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1628

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Keywords

steering, transition edge sensors, entanglement

Citation

Smith, D. , de Almeida, M. , Geoff, G. , Cyril, B. , Fedrizzi, A. , Till, W. , Lita, A. , Calkins, B. , Gerrits, T. , H, W. , Nam, S. and White, A. (2012), Conclusive quantum steering with superconducting transition-edge sensors, Physical Review Letters, [online], https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1628, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=908855 (Accessed October 12, 2025)