Noise in Mermin’s n-particle Bell inequality

TY - JOUR

T1 - Noise in Mermin’s n-particle Bell inequality

AU - BRAUNSTEIN, SL

AU - MANN, A

PY - 1993/4/1

Y1 - 1993/4/1

N2 - We calculate the signal-to-noise ratio in Mermin's n-particle Bell inequality [Phys. Rev. Lett. 65, 1838 (1990)] based on source noise, data error, and statistical uncertainty. We find that the signal for violation grows exponentially faster than the exponentially growing noise, as long as the noise per detector or per particle is less than about 14 Alternately, in the absence of noise a loophole-free test could be made with detector efficiencies as low as 71

AB - We calculate the signal-to-noise ratio in Mermin's n-particle Bell inequality [Phys. Rev. Lett. 65, 1838 (1990)] based on source noise, data error, and statistical uncertainty. We find that the signal for violation grows exponentially faster than the exponentially growing noise, as long as the noise per detector or per particle is less than about 14 Alternately, in the absence of noise a loophole-free test could be made with detector efficiencies as low as 71

U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.47.R2427

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.47.R2427

M3 - Article

SN - 1050-2947

VL - 47

SP - R2427-R2430

JO - Physical Review A

JF - Physical Review A

IS - 4, Part A

ER -