Two-step quantum secure direct communication scheme with frequency coding

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/26/3/030302

Abstract

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.

Keywords: quantum cryptography quantum secure direct communication frequency coding

Received: 19 October 2016
Revised: 15 December 2016
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PACS:	03.67.Dd	(Quantum cryptography and communication security)
	03.67.Hk	(Quantum communication)

Fund:

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11175094, 91221205, and 11547035) and the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2015CB921002).

Corresponding Authors: Dong Ruan
E-mail: dongruan@tsinghua.edu.cn

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Xue-Liang Zhao(赵学亮), Jun-Lin Li(李俊林), Peng-Hao Niu(牛鹏皓), Hong-Yang Ma(马鸿洋), Dong Ruan(阮东) Two-step quantum secure direct communication scheme with frequency coding 2017 Chin. Phys. B 26 030302

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