Contextuality without nonlocality in a superconducting quantum system
Markus Jerger (University of Queensland)
Yarema Reshitnyk (University of Queensland)
Markus Oppliger (ETH Zürich)
Anton Potočnik (ETH Zürich)
Mintu Mondal (ETH Zürich)
Andreas Wallraff (ETH Zürich)
Kenneth Goodenough (TU Delft - QID/Wehner Group)
Stephanie Wehner (Quantum Information and Software)
Kristinn Juliusson (Université Paris-Saclay)
NK Langford (TU Delft - QCD/DiCarlo Lab)
Arkady Fedorov (University of Queensland)
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Abstract
Classical realism demands that system properties exist independently of whether they are measured, while noncontextuality demands that the results of measurements do not depend on what other measurements are performed in conjunction with them. The Bell–Kochen–Specker theorem states that noncontextual realism cannot reproduce the measurement statistics of a single three-level quantum system (qutrit). Noncontextual realistic models may thus be tested using a single qutrit without relying on the notion of quantum entanglement in contrast to Bell inequality tests. It is challenging to refute such models experimentally, since imperfections may introduce loopholes that enable a realist interpretation. Here we use a superconducting qutrit with deterministic, binary-outcome readouts to violate a noncontextuality inequality while addressing the detection, individual-existence and compatibility loopholes. This evidence of state-dependent contextuality also demonstrates the fitness of superconducting quantum circuits for fault-tolerant quantum computation in surface-code architectures, currently the most promising route to scalable quantum computing.
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