| Autor: |
Atzori, Francesco, Rebufello, Enrico, Violaris, Maria, Knoll, Laura T., Alhajri, Abdulla, Avella, Alessio, Gramegna, Marco, Marletto, Chiara, Vedral, Vlatko, Piacentini, Fabrizio, Degiovanni, Ivo Pietro, Genovese, Marco |
| Rok vydání: |
2024 |
| Předmět: |
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| Druh dokumentu: |
Working Paper |
| Popis: |
Quantum theory is notoriously counterintuitive, and yet remains entirely self-consistent when applied universally. Here we uncover a new manifestation of its unusual consequences. We demonstrate, theoretically and experimentally (by means of polarization-encoded single-photon qubits), that Heisenberg's uncertainty principle leads to the impossibility of stringing together logical deductions about outcomes of consecutive non-compatible measurements. This phenomenon resembles the geometry of a Penrose triangle, where each corner is locally consistent while the global structure is impossible. Besides this, we show how overlooking this non-trivial logical structure leads to the erroneous possibility of distinguishing non-orthogonal states with a single measurement. |
| Databáze: |
arXiv |
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