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On the Device-Independent Approach to Quantum Physics

Advances in Quantum Nonlocality and Multipartite Entanglement Detection

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  • © 2014

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Authors:
  1. Jean-Daniel Bancal

    1. Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

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  • Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the University of Geneva, Switzerland
  • Explores the nonlocality of multipartite systems
  • Explains and demonstrates robust entanglement detection
  • Disproves alternative models for quantum nonlocality

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Jean-Daniel Bancal
    Pages 1-9

  3. Bell Tests in Bipartite Scenarios

    • Jean-Daniel Bancal
    Pages 11-21

  4. Various Quantum Nonlocality Tests with a Commercial Two-photon Entanglement Source

    • Jean-Daniel Bancal
    Pages 23-37

  5. Nonlocality with Three and More Parties

    • Jean-Daniel Bancal
    Pages 39-53

  6. Quantifying Multipartite Nonlocality

    • Jean-Daniel Bancal
    Pages 55-62

  7. Device-Independent Entanglement Detection

    • Jean-Daniel Bancal
    Pages 63-72

  8. Device-Independent Witnesses of Genuine Multipartite Entanglement

    • Jean-Daniel Bancal
    Pages 73-80

  9. Quantum Information Put into Practice

    • Jean-Daniel Bancal
    Pages 81-87

  10. Finite-Speed Hidden Influences

    • Jean-Daniel Bancal
    Pages 89-96

  11. Quantum Non-Locality Based on Finite-Speed Causal Influences Leads to Superluminal Signalling

    • Jean-Daniel Bancal
    Pages 97-105

  12. Outlook

    • Jean-Daniel Bancal
    Pages 107-108

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 109-119
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Quantum physics started in the 1920's with wave mechanics and the wave-particle duality. However, the last 20 years have seen a second quantum revolution, centered around non-locality and quantum correlations between measurement outcomes. The associated key property, entanglement, is recognized today as the signature of quantumness. This second revolution opened the possibility of studying quantum correlations without any assumption on the internal functioning of the measurement apparata, the so-called Device-Independent Approach to Quantum Physics. This thesis explores this new approach using the powerful geometrical tool of polytopes. Emphasis is placed on the study of non-locality in the case of three or more parties, where it is shown that a whole new variety of phenomena appear compared to the bipartite case. Genuine multiparty entanglement is also studied for the first time within the device-independent framework. Finally, these tools are used to answer a long-standing open question: could quantum non-locality be explained by influences that propagate from one party to the others faster than light, but that remain hidden so that one cannot use them to communicate faster than light? This would provide a way around Einstein's notion of action at a distance that would be compatible with relativity. However, the answer is shown to be negative, as such influences could not remain hidden.

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  • Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Jean-Daniel Bancal

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