Analysis of Bell inequality violation in superconducting phase qubits

We analyze conditions for violation of the Bell inequality in the Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt form, focusing on Josephson phase qubits. We start the analysis with maximum violation in the ideal case, and then take into account the effects of local measurement errors and decoherence. Special attention is paid to configurations of the qubit measurement directions in the pseudospin space lying within either horizontal or vertical planes; these configurations are optimal in certain cases. Besides local measurement errors and decoherence, we also discuss the effect of measurement crosstalk, which affects both the classical inequality and the quantum result. In particular, we propose a version of the BI which is insensitive to the crosstalk.