In 2015, Marissa Giustina, Anton Zeilinger and collaborators combined spontaneous parametric down-conversion with rapid random analyzer choices and efficient transition-edge sensors. Local records included settings and detector signals; their Bell inequality used detected and undetected trials, avoiding fair sampling. Locally fixed time slots prevented coincidence-based trial selection. Calibrated optical and electrical delays checked spacelike separation of each choice from the remote readout. The violation addressed detection and locality together. Measurement independence still requires assumptions about the hidden state's origin; the experiment cannot exclude every possible common cause of source and settings.[ref]
Transition-edge sensor 2026-10-18
A transition-edge sensor detects deposited energy using the strong change in electrical resistance near a superconducting transition temperature.