Quantum Interference between Light Sources Separated by 150 Million Kilometers

Yu Hao Deng;Hui Wang;Xing Ding;Z. C. Duan;Jian Qin;M. C. Chen;Yu He;Yu Ming He;Jin Peng Li;Yu Huai Li;Li Chao Peng;E. S. Matekole;Tim Byrnes;C. Schneider;M. Kamp;Da Wei Wang;Jonathan P. Dowling;Sven Höfling;Chao Yang Lu;Marlan O. Scully;建伟 潘

University of Science and Technology of China;Louisiana State University;New York University Shanghai;University of Würzburg;Zhejiang University;University of St Andrews;Texas A&M University;Baylor University;Princeton University;China Association for Science and Technology

发表时间:2019

期 刊:Physical Review Letters

语 言:English

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摘要

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 in 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 unambiguous evidence of the quantum nature of thermal light. Further, using the photons with no common history, we demonstrate postselected two-photon entanglement with a state fidelity of 0.826(24) and a violation of Bell inequality by 2.20(6). The experiment can be further extended to a larger scale using photons from distant stars and open a new route to quantum optics experiments at an astronomical scale.

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物理学和天文学

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