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Phys. Rev. A 69, 042102 (2004) [8 pages]

Separability of quantum states and the violation of Bell-type inequalities

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Elena R. Loubenets
Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Aarhus, Ny Munkegade, DK-8000, Aarhus C, Denmark

Received 19 November 2003; published 5 April 2004

In contrast to the widespread opinion that any separable quantum state satisfies every classical probabilistic constraint, we present a simple example where separable quantum state does not satisfy the original Bell inequality although the latter inequality, in its perfect correlation form, is valid for all joint classical measurements. In a very general setting, we discuss inequalities for joint experiments upon a bipartite quantum system. For any separable quantum state, we derive quantum analogs of the original Bell inequality and specify the conditions sufficient for a separable state to satisfy the original Bell inequality. We introduce the extended Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt inequality and prove that, for any separable quantum state, this inequality holds for a variety of linear combinations.

© 2004 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.69.042102
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.69.042102
PACS:
03.65.Ud, 03.67.−a