Experimental demonstration of photonic entanglement collapse and revival

Phys Rev Lett. 2010 Mar 12;104(10):100502. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.100502. Epub 2010 Mar 9.

Abstract

We demonstrate the collapse and revival features of the entanglement dynamics of different polarization-entangled photon states in a non-Markovian environment. Using an all-optical experimental setup, we show that entanglement can be revived even after it suffers from sudden death. A maximally revived state is shown to violate a Bell's inequality with 4.1 standard deviations which verifies its quantum nature. The revival phenomenon observed in this experiment provides an intriguing perspective on entanglement dynamics.