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ArticleEntropy (Basel, Switzerland)2024

One-Photon-Interference Quantum Secure Direct Communication.

Xiang-Jie Li, Min Wang, Xing-Bo Pan, Yun-Rong Zhang, Gui-Lu Long

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Article in Entropy (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Xiang-Jie LiState Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics and Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1458-6439
Min WangBeijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, Beijing 100193, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5321-3323
Xing-Bo PanState Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics and Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0703-3457
Yun-Rong ZhangState Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics and Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Gui-Lu LongState Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics and Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.

Funding

the Key R&D Program of Guangdong province 2018B030325002the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grants 11974205 and 12205011the Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by China Association for Science and Technology 2022QNRC001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Quantum secure direct communication (QSDC) is a quantum communication paradigm that transmits confidential messages directly using quantum states. Measurement-device-independent (MDI) QSDC protocols can eliminate the security loopholes associated with measurement devices. To enhance the practicality and performance of MDI-QSDC protocols, we propose a one-photon-interference MDI QSDC (OPI-QSDC) protocol which transcends the need for quantum memory, ideal single-photon sources, or entangled light sources. The security of our OPI-QSDC protocol has also been analyzed using quantum wiretap channel theory. Furthermore, our protocol could double the distance of usual prepare-and-measure protocols, since quantum states sending from adjacent nodes are connected with single-photon interference, which demonstrates its potential to extend the communication distance for point-to-point QSDC.

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measurement-device-independent quantum communicationquantum secure direct communicationsecurity analysis

Identifiers

PMID39330144
PMCPMC11431536

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