Quantum interference between light sources separated by 150 million kilometers [CL]

http://arxiv.org/abs/1905.02868


We report an experiment to test quantum interference, entanglement and nonlocality using two dissimilar photon sources, the Sun and a semiconductor quantum dot on the Earth, which are separated by 150 million kilometers. By making the otherwise vastly distinct photons indistinguishable all degrees of freedom, we observe time-resolved two-photon quantum interference with a raw visibility of 0.796(17), well above the 0.5 classical limit, providing the first evidence of quantum nature of thermal light. Further, using the photons with no common history, we demonstrate post-selected two-photon entanglement with a state fidelity of 0.826(24), and a violation of Bell’s inequality by 2.20(6).

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Y. Deng, H. Wang, X. Ding, et. al.
Thu, 9 May 19
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Comments: 16 pages, 5 figures