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The Hidden Loopholes Undermining Photonic Quantum Nonlocality: Quantum Rayleigh Scattering and Time-Dependent Multi-Photon Pure States of Independent Photons

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How to cite: Vatarescu, A. The Hidden Loopholes Undermining Photonic Quantum Nonlocality: Quantum Rayleigh Scattering and Time-Dependent Multi-Photon Pure States of Independent Photons. Preprints 2023, 2023072077. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.2077.v2 Vatarescu, A. The Hidden Loopholes Undermining Photonic Quantum Nonlocality: Quantum Rayleigh Scattering and Time-Dependent Multi-Photon Pure States of Independent Photons. Preprints 2023, 2023072077. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.2077.v2

Abstract

The locality condition of probabilities underpinning the derivation of Bell inequalities can be violated classically. The wave function collapse results in the factorization of quantum probabilities. It is possible to differentiate, locally, between ensemble probabilities of single detections with and without wave function collapse for the alleged quantum nonlocality. The theoretical concept of photonic quantum nonlocality cannot be implemented physically because of the quantum Rayleigh scattering of single photons. A distinction needs to be made between the correlation of individual, single measurements of pure states and the correlation of the ensemble states of the mixed states. The correlation operator of Pauli vector operators delivers the same probabilities of correlated detections of photons for both independent and multi-photon states as for ‘entangled’ states of photons. As single-photon sources are not needed, the design and implementation of quantum computing operations and other devices will be significantly streamlined.

Keywords

quantum Rayleigh scattering; correlation of polarization states; quantum nonlocality

Subject

Physical Sciences, Quantum Science and Technology

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Comment 1
Received: 3 August 2023
Commenter: Andre Vatarescu
Commenter's Conflict of Interests: Author
Comment: A few typing errors have been corrected in Section 2.3 .
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