Quantum Secure Direct Communication and Quantum Sealed-Bid Auction with EPR Pairs

I present a new protocol for three-party quantum secure direct communication （QSDC） with a set of ordered M Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen （EPR） pairs. In the scheme, by performing two unitary operations and Bell state measurements, it is shown that the three legitimate parties can exchange their respective secret message simultaneously. Then I modify it for an experimentally feasible and secure quantum sealed-bid auction （QSBD） protocol. Furthermore, I also analyze th^ecurity of the protocol, and the scheme is proven to be secure against the intercept-and-resend attack, the disturbancb attack and the entangled-and-measure attack.

Efficient schemes of joint remote preparation with a passive receiver via EPR pairs

Novel schemes are put forward to execute the joint remote preparation of an arbitrary two-qubit state with a pas- sive receiver via EPR pairs as the entangled channel. Compared with the previous protocols, the required multi-particle measurement is simplified and the classical communication cost is reduced. When the number of senders increases, the advantage is more evident. It means that the proposed schemes are more efficient in practice.

Quantum key distribution protocol of mesh network structure based on n+1 EPR pairs

Quantum key distribution （QKD） is used in quantum cryptographic systems to exchange secret key between parties who need to communicate secretly. According to the structure of European Secoqc QKD network, a QKD protocol is proposed. Entanglement swapping between Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen （EPR） pairs can be used to exchange message bits in two remote places. Based on this idea, n ＋ 1 EPR pairs are used as logical quan- tum channel （for n nodes per routing）, while measurements of Bell operator are transmitted by classical channel. Random space quantum channel selection is exploited in our protocol to improve the probability of revealing Eve. Compared with traditional EPR protocol, the proposed protocol exhibits many features, which are minutely described.

Attacks and Improvement of Quantum Sealed-Bid Auction with EPR Pairs

Recently, an experimentally feasible three-party quantum sealed-bid auction protocol based on EPR pairs [Z.Y. Wang, Commun. Theor. Phys. 54 （2010） 997] was proposed. However, this study points out Wang＇s protocol cannot resist some internal bidders＇ attacks, such as the Twiee-CNOT attack, the collusion attack. A malicious bidder can launch the Twice-CNOT attack to obtain the other＇s bid, or the dishonest auctioneer may collude with one bidder and help him/her win the action by changing his/her bid. For preventing against these attacks, a simple solution by using the QKD-based message encryption and a post-confirmation mechanism by adopting the hash function are proposed.

Quantum Secure Direct Communication Network with Two-Step Protocol

An efficient quantum secure direct communication network protocol with the two-step scheme is proposed by using the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen （EPR） pair block as the quantum information carrier. The server, say Alice, prepares and measures the EPR pairs in the quantum communication and the users perform the four local unitary operations to encode their message. Anyone of the legitimate users can communicate another one on the network securely. Since almost all of the instances in this scheme are useful and each EPR pair can carry two bits of information, the efficiency for qubits and the source capacity both approach the maximal values.

Probabilistic Teleportation of an Unknown Two-Particle State with a Four-Particle Pure Entangled State and Positive Operator Valued Measure

We propose a scheme for probabilistic teleportation of an unknown two-particle state with a four-particle pure entangled state and positive operator valued measure （POVM）. In this scheme the teleportation of an unknown two-particle state can be realized with certain probability by performing two Bell state measurements, a proper POVM and a unitary transformation.

Efficient One-Sender Versus N-Receiver Quantum Secure Direct Communication

An efficient quantum secure direct communication protocol with one-sender versus N-receiver is proposed. The secret bits can be encoded in the N ＋ 1-particle GHZ states and can be decoded by the N receivers with a classical information of the sender plus their own measurement outcomes. Any attacks can be detected by comparing measurement results on the detecting states.

Two Avowable Quantum Communication Schemes

Two avowable quantum communication schemes are proposed.One is an avowable teleportation protocolbased on the quantum cryptography.In this protocol one teleports a set of one-particle states based on the availabilityof an honest arbitrator,the keys and the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen pairs shared by the communication parties and thearbitrator.The key point is that the fact of the teleportation can neither be disavowed by the sender nor be denied bythe receiver.Another is an avowable quantum secure direct communication scheme.A one-way Hash function chosenby the communication parties helps the receiver to validate the truth of the information and to avoid disavowing for thesender.

Secure Communication Based on Quantum Key

We introduce a protocol for QKD based on reusable entangled states. In this protocol, the EPR pairs act as a quantum key to encode and decode information particles. And only an information particle travels between the legitimated users. This improves the security and efficiency of communication. In addition, we show that its extension to a new QSS protocol is also secure and efficient.

Deterministic joint remote state preparation of arbitrary two-and three-qubit states

We propose a novel deterministic protocol that two senders are capable of remotely preparing arbitrary two-and three-qubit states for a remote receiver using EPR pairs and GHZ state as the quantum channel.Compared with the existing deterministic protocols [An et al.2011 Phys.Lett.A 375 3570 and Chen et al.2012 J.Phys.A：Math.Theor.45 055303],the quantum resources and classical information in our scheme are decreased,and the whole operation process is simplified.

An Implementation of a Positive Operator Valued Measure

We present an implementation of the positive operator valued measure （POVM）. By using this POVM, one can realize the probabilistic teleportation of an unknown two-particle state.

Scheme for Teleportation of a Multipartite Quantum State by Using a Single Entangled Pair as Quantum Channel

We present a theoretical scheme for perfect teleportation of an unknown multipartite two-level state by a single EPR （Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen） pair, and then generalize it to multilevel, i.e., an N-quNit state can be teleported by a single quNit entangled pair, with additional local unitary operations. The feature of the scheme is that teleporting a multipartite state with a reduced amount of entanglement costs less classical bits.

Controlled Teleportation of Multi-qudit Quantum Information by Entanglement Swapping

In this paper, we present a scheme for teleporting multi-qudit quantum state, from the sender Alice to the receiver Charlie via many controllers Bobs, whose control parameters are obtained using entanglement swapping of maximally d-dimensional EPR pair. In our scheme, Yang＇s qutrit controlled teleportation protocol [Commun. Theor. Phys. 49 （2008） 338] based on Bell-state entanglement swapping is generalized to the qudit case. The scheme of multi-qudit owns the advantage of having higher code capacity and better security than that of multi-qutrit.

Simplified Scheme for Teleportation of a Multipartite Quantum State Using a Single Entangled Pair

Abstract A simple scheme for teleporting an unknown M-qubit cat-like state is proposed. The steps of this scheme can be summarized simply： disentangle-teleport-reconstruct entanglement. If proper unitary operations and measurements from senders are given, the teleportation of an unknown M-qubit cat-like state can be converted into single qubit teleportation. In the meantime, the receiver should also carry out right unitary operations with the introduction of appropriate ancillary qubits to confirm the successful teleportation of the demanded entangled state. The present scheme can be generalized to teleport an unknown M-quNit state, i.e., an M-quNit state can be teleported by a single quNit entangled pair.

Teleportation of Two-Mode Quantum State of Continuous Variables

Using two Einstein-Podolsky Rosen pair eigenstates |η) as quantum channels, we study the teleportationof two-mode quantum state of continuous variables.

Controlled Entanglement Swapping for Continuous Variables

We propose a scheme for controlled entanglement swapping of continuous variable, where an EPR pair shared by two parties （Alice and Debbie） and a GHZ entangled state shared by three parties （Alice, Bob and Claire） are required. One optical beams of the EPR state will be entangled with the output mode displaced by Bob with the help of Claire. It is shown that the entanglement swapping can occur controlled by the third party （Claire）

State-Independent Proofs of Bell＇s Theorem Without Inequalities and Bell Inequality for Four-Qubit System

A state-dependent proof of Bell's theorem without inequalities using the product state of any two maximally entangled states (Bell states) of two qubits for two observers in an ideal condition, each of which possesses two qubits,is proposed. It is different from the other proofs in which there exists a fundamental requirement that certain specific suitable Bell states have been chosen. Moreover, in any non-ideal situation, a common Bell inequality independent of the choices of the 16-product states is derived, which is used to test the contradiction between quantum mechanics and local reality theory in the reach of current experimental technology.

Security analysis of continuous-variable quantum key distribution scheme

In this paper security of the quantum key distribution scheme using correlations of continuous variable Einstein- Podolsky-Rosen （EPR） pairs is investigated. A new approach for calculating the secret information rate △I is proposed by using the Shannon information theory. Employing an available parameter F which is associated with the entanglement of the EPR pairs, one can detect easily the eavesdropping. Results show that the proposed scheme is secure against individual bearn splitter attack strategy with a proper squeeze parameter.

Quantum secure direct dialogue using Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen pairs

A two-step quantum secure direct dialogue protocol using Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen(EPR)pair block is proposed.In the protocol,the dialogue messages are encoded on series of qubits and sent through a quantum channel directly.The security of the protocol is assured by its connection to the two-step quantum secure direct communication protocol,which has been proved secure.This protocol has several advantages.It is a direct communication protocol that does not require a separate classical communication for the ciphertext.It has high capacity as two bits of secret messages can be transmitted by an EPR pair.As a dialogue protocol,the two parties can speak to each other either simultaneously or sequentially.