Strict detector-efficiency bounds for n-site Clauser-Horne inequalities - art. no. 022117

An analysis of detector-efficiency in many-site Clauser-Horne inequalities is presented for the case of perfect visibility. It is shown that there is a violation of the presented n-site Clauser-Horne inequalities if and only if the efficiency is greater than n/(2n - 1). Thus, for a two-site two-sett ing experiment there are no quantum-mechanical predictions that violate loc al realism unless the efficiency is greater than 2/3. Second, there are n-s ite experiments for which the quantum-mechanical predictions violate local realism whenever the efficiency exceeds 1/2.