Detection Efficiency Bounds in (Semi-)Device-Independent Scenarios

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00077v1
• Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2025 19:09:00 GMT
• Title: Detection Efficiency Bounds in (Semi-)Device-Independent Scenarios
• Authors: Tailan S. Sarubi, Santiago Zamora, Moisés Alves, Vinícius F. Alves, Gandhi Viswanathan, Rafael Chaves,
• Abstract summary: This article provides a comprehensive review of the critical role of detection efficiency in demonstrating non-classicality.<n>The central focus is the detection loophole, a challenge in which imperfect detectors can allow classical hidden variable models to mimic quantum correlations.<n>The analysis extends to other causal structures to explore how efficiency requirements are affected in different contexts.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: This article provides a comprehensive review of the critical role of detection efficiency in demonstrating non-classicality across various device-independent and semi-device-independent scenarios. The central focus is the detection loophole, a challenge in which imperfect detectors can allow classical hidden variable models to mimic quantum correlations, thus masking genuine non-classicality. As a review, the article revisits the paradigmatic Bell scenario, detailing the efficiency requirements for the CHSH inequality, such as the 2/3 threshold for symmetric efficiencies, and traces the historical trajectory toward the first loophole-free tests. The analysis extends to other causal structures to explore how efficiency requirements are affected in different contexts. These include the instrumental scenario, which for binary variables has recently been shown to follow the same inefficiency bounds as the bipartite dichotomic Bell scenario; the prepare-and-measure scenario, where inefficiencies impact the certification of a quantum system's dimension and create security breaches in protocols such as Quantum Key Distribution (QKD); and the bilocality scenario, which exemplifies how employing multiple independent sources can significantly relax the required efficiencies to certify non-classical correlations.

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