Experimental test of the Kochen-Specker theorem with single photons

Phys Rev Lett. 2003 Jun 27;90(25 Pt 1):250401. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.250401. Epub 2003 Jun 23.

Abstract

Using the spontaneous parametric down-conversion process in a type-I phase matching beta-barium-borate crystal as a single photon source, we perform an all-or-nothing-type Kochen-Specker experiment proposed by Simon et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1783 (2000)]] to verify whether noncontextual hidden variables or quantum mechanics is right. The results strongly agree with quantum mechanics.