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Detection-loophole-free nonlocality in the simplest scenario

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Authors: Nandana T Raveendranath, Travis J. Baker, Emanuele Polino, Marwan Haddara, Lynden K. Shalm, Varun B. Verma, Geoff J. Pryde, Sergei Slussarenko, Howard M. Wiseman, Nora Tischler

Year

2026

Paper ID

4138

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Preprint

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Loophole-free quantum nonlocality often demands experiments with high complexity (defined by all parties' settings and outcomes) and multiple efficient detectors. Here, we identify the fundamental efficiency and complexity thresholds for quantum steering using two-qubit entangled states. Remarkably, it requires only one photon detector on the untrusted side, with efficiency ε> 1/X, where X geq 2 is the number of settings on that side. This threshold applies to all pure entangled states, in contrast to analogous Bell-nonlocality tests, which require almost unentangled states to be loss-tolerant. We confirm these predictions in a minimal-complexity $X = 2$ for the untrusted party and a single three-outcome measurement for the trusted party, detection-loophole-free photonic experiment with ε= $51.6 pm 0.4$\%.

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Loophole-free quantum nonlocality often demands experiments with high complexity (defined by all parties' settings and outcomes) and multiple efficient detectors.

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[1] DOI https://doi.org/arXiv:2601.03817 [2] arXiv https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.03817 [3] Publisher https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.03817

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