Proposed test of Bell’s inequality without a detection loophole by using entangled Rydberg atoms

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1232-1244

  Freyberger, M ^a   Aravind, P K ^b   Horne, M A ^c   Shimony, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c STONEHILL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000649717     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.53.1232     Document Type: Article

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