| Subject: | Re: Bell's inequality vs. Kerr Rotation |
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| From: | "Sue..." <suzysewnshow@xxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | 30 Dec 2006 23:16:03 -0800 |
| Newsgroups: | sci.physics |
manofsan@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > I have a question, after having read about a non-destructive spin > measurement experiment, which was cited as one of the top science > stories of 2006: > > http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/10/12/15/1#11 > > http://optics.org/cws/Articles/ViewArticle.do;jsessionid=D7E47731913829DB57F86B4716735268?articleId=26434&channel=technology&page=1 > > So that announcement immediately makes me wonder about Bell's > Inequality: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell%27s_inequality#Description_of_Bell.27s_theorem > > They say that you can't use the "spooky action at a distance" > (correlation violation) to communicate with, since you can't > predict/measure in advance what an entangled particle's state will be. > > But the non-destructive measurement experiment shows that you can > indeed measure it in advance, without significantly disturbing/altering > that particle's state (or its entanglement?) > > Wouldn't this Kerr rotation measurement method then allow for the > pre-screening of entangled pairs, based on measurement in advance of > state properties like spin? > > Couldn't this then be used to exploit the correlation violation (aka > "spooky action at a distance") in such a way as to permit its use for > communication? > > For instance, using the Alice & Bob example, wouldn't it be possible to > use pre-measured entangled electron pairs of known spin state, and use > the orientation of the apparatus on one end as a way to modulate an > information signal, which would then be detected with the other party > through the correlation violation? > > To me, it would seem intuitive that the answer is yes. Why shouldn't > this be able to work? > Please, someone kindly take the time to give me a reasoned reply, even > if my post sounds ignorant. slot+antenna http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=slot+antenna&btnG=Search circular+polarization http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=circular+polarization+&btnG=Search http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/D.Jefferies/antennas.html Sue... http://farside.ph.utexas.edu/teaching.html http://web.mit.edu/8.02t/www/802TEAL3D/visualizations/light/index.htm |
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