Optomechanical Bell Test
I. Marinkovic (Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft, TU Delft - QN/Groeblacher Lab)
Andreas Wallucks (Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft, TU Delft - QN/Groeblacher Lab)
R Riedinger (University of Vienna)
Sungkun Hong (University of Vienna)
Markus Aspelmeyer (University of Vienna)
S. Gröblacher (Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft, TU Delft - QN/Groeblacher Lab)
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Abstract
Over the past few decades, experimental tests of Bell-type inequalities have been at the forefront of understanding quantum mechanics and its implications. These strong bounds on specific measurements on a physical system originate from some of the most fundamental concepts of classical physics - in particular that properties of an object are well-defined independent of measurements (realism) and only affected by local interactions (locality). The violation of these bounds unambiguously shows that the measured system does not behave classically, void of any assumption on the validity of quantum theory. It has also found applications in quantum technologies for certifying the suitability of devices for generating quantum randomness, distributing secret keys and for quantum computing. Here we report on the violation of a Bell inequality involving a massive, macroscopic mechanical system. We create light-matter entanglement between the vibrational motion of two silicon optomechanical oscillators, each comprising approx. 1010 atoms, and two optical modes. This state allows us to violate a Bell inequality by more than 4 standard deviations, directly confirming the nonclassical behavior of our optomechanical system under the fair sampling assumption.
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