Device-independent certification of tripartite quantum networks with bilocal Bell inequalities

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2607.09933v1
• Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 19:30:13 GMT
• Title: Device-independent certification of tripartite quantum networks with bilocal Bell inequalities
• Abstract summary: We present a general method for constructing such inequalities in the simplest network scenario.<n>Their maximal quantum values can be determined analytically, which makes them particularly promising for device-independent applications.<n>This is the first self-testing result for quantum networks that relies solely on the maximal violation of a nonlocality witness.
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• Abstract: While quantum networks have been extensively studied as a natural extension of the standard Bell scenario with a richer correlation structure, general constructions of nonlinear Bell inequalities with self-testing properties are still largely lacking. In this work, we present a general method for constructing such inequalities in the simplest network scenario, in which two independent sources distribute bipartite quantum states to three spatially separated observers. These inequalities allow for arbitrary numbers of binary measurements and are maximally violated by maximally entangled states of the corresponding local dimensions together with sets of pairwise anticommuting Clifford observables. Importantly, their maximal quantum values can be determined analytically, which makes them particularly promising for device-independent applications. In particular, we prove that these Bell inequalities can be used to device-independently certify the underlying quantum network, including both the quantum states produced by the sources and the observables measured by all parties. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first self-testing result for quantum networks that relies solely on the maximal violation of a nonlocality witness.

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