Information transfer by entangled photons without auxiliary non-quantum channel

TL;DR

This paper explores a theoretical method for faster-than-light communication using entangled photons without classical channels, challenging the no-communication theorem through asymmetric measurement functions.

Contribution

It introduces a novel design that potentially enables quantum information transfer via entangled photons by exploiting spatial superposition states and asymmetric measurement functions.

Findings

Asymmetric functions can distinguish measurement types in a prescribed time window.

The proposed design suggests possible faster-than-light information transfer.

It extends the nonlocality principle in quantum mechanics.

Abstract

In this paper we present a theoretical analysis of the faster than light communication possibility based on entangled photons. We analyze designs that may be capable to solve the problem of direct information transfer between members of an entangled photon pairs. We consider that experimental verifications can confirm or even refute this. Our hypothesis was that most proofs of the nocommunication theorem are based on a certain set of conditions, and it is possible to provide a broader set of conditions that allow the establishment of entangled states as quantum information channels, without using a classical channel. One basic unit of the proposed design transforms the polarization state of one member of an entangled photon pair into a spatial superposition state. Thus, after the polarization measurement performed on one member, which eliminates the entanglement, the quantum information is maintained in the spatial superposition state of the other member. This can be recovered by a particular measurement based on spatial interference. We have shown that solutions with so-called symmetric functions lead to average results that corresponds to the nocommunication theorem. However, using asymmetric functions the averaged measurement results calculated in a prescribed time window can distinguish the types of measurements performed on the other member of the pair. This can establish a communication code that enables faster-than-light information sharing under specific conditions. There may be also further theoretical consequences: a significant extension of the quantum mechanical nonlocality principle.