Two-step quantum secure direct communication scheme with frequency coding

Quantum secure direct communication (QSDC) is an important branch of quantum cryptography. It can transmit secret information directly without establishing a key first, unlike quantum key distribution which requires this precursory event. Here we propose a QSDC scheme by applying the frequency codin...

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Published inChinese physics B Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. 231 - 235
Main Author 赵学亮 李俊林 牛鹏皓 马鸿洋 阮东
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.03.2017
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ISSN1674-1056
2058-3834
DOI10.1088/1674-1056/26/3/030302

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Summary:Quantum secure direct communication (QSDC) is an important branch of quantum cryptography. It can transmit secret information directly without establishing a key first, unlike quantum key distribution which requires this precursory event. Here we propose a QSDC scheme by applying the frequency coding technique to the two-step QSDC protocol, which enables the two-step QSDC protocol to work in a noisy environment. We have numerically simulated the performance of the protocol in a noisy channel, and the results show that the scheme is indeed robust against channel noise and loss. We also give an estimate of the channel noise upper bound.
Bibliography:Quantum secure direct communication (QSDC) is an important branch of quantum cryptography. It can transmit secret information directly without establishing a key first, unlike quantum key distribution which requires this precursory event. Here we propose a QSDC scheme by applying the frequency coding technique to the two-step QSDC protocol, which enables the two-step QSDC protocol to work in a noisy environment. We have numerically simulated the performance of the protocol in a noisy channel, and the results show that the scheme is indeed robust against channel noise and loss. We also give an estimate of the channel noise upper bound.
quantum cryptography, quantum secure direct communication, frequency coding
Xue-Liang Zhao1, Jun-Lin Li1, Peng-Hao Niu1, Hong-Yang Ma2, and Dong Ruan1( 1 Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China 2School of Science, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao 266000, China)
11-5639/O4
ISSN:1674-1056
2058-3834
DOI:10.1088/1674-1056/26/3/030302