# Experimental Bell inequality violation with an atom and a photon.

@article{Moehring2004ExperimentalBI,
title={Experimental Bell inequality violation with an atom and a photon.},
author={David L. Moehring and Martin Madsen and Boris B. Blinov and Christopher R. Monroe},
journal={Physical review letters},
year={2004},
volume={93 9},
pages={
090410
}
}
• Published 8 June 2004
• Physics
• Physical review letters
We report the measurement of a Bell inequality violation with a single atom and a single photon prepared in a probabilistic entangled state. This is the first demonstration of such a violation with particles of different species. The entanglement characterization of this hybrid system may also be useful in quantum information applications.

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