Routed Bell tests with arbitrarily many local parties

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08405v1
• Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2025 16:24:11 GMT
• Title: Routed Bell tests with arbitrarily many local parties
• Abstract summary: Routed Bell tests have recently re-emerged as a promising strategy to mitigate this limitation.<n>We introduce a modified setup that enables local self-tests for both Alice and Bob.<n>We find that perfect local Bell tests can, in principle, overcome the detection-efficiency barrier.
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• Abstract: Device-independent quantum key distribution (DIQKD) promises cryptographic security based solely on observed quantum correlations, yet its implementation over long distances remains limited by the detection-efficiency loophole. Routed Bell tests have recently re-emerged as a promising strategy to mitigate this limitation by enabling local self-testing of one party's device. However, extending this idea to self-testing both communicating parties has remained unclear. Here, we introduce a modified setup that enables local self-tests for both Alice and Bob and analyze its security against potential attacks. Employing modern tools from robust self-testing, we show that in a BB84-type protocol between the self-tested devices, the achievable key rate varies continuously with the winning probability of the local tests. In particular, we find that perfect local Bell tests can, in principle, overcome the detection-efficiency barrier, rendering the asymptotic key rate limited only by standard bit-flip errors, as in the device-dependent case.

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