EPR experiments and Bell's inequality tests using type-II parametric down conversion

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Shih, Yanhua, Alexander V. Sergienko, Todd B. Pittman, and M. H. Rubin. “EPR Experiments and Bell’s Inequality Tests Using Type-II Parametric down Conversion.” Atomic and Quantum Optics: High-Precision Measurements 2799 (May 1996): 139–50. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.239821.

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Abstract

Simultaneous entanglement in spin and space-time of a two-photon quantum state generated in type-II spontaneous parametric down-conversion is demonstrated by the observation of quantum interference with 98% visibility in simple beam-splitter (Hanburry Brown-Twiss) anticorrelation and quantum beating experiments. The cancellation of two-photon probability amplitudes as a result of this double entanglement allow us to demonstrate two different types of Bell's inequality violations in one experimental setup.