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Experimental Quantum Private Queries with linear optics

Quantum Physics 2009-07-16 v3

Abstract

The Quantum Private Query is a quantum cryptographic protocol to recover information from a database, preserving both user and data privacy: the user can test whether someone has retained information on which query was asked, and the database provider can test the quantity of information released. Here we introduce a new variant Quantum Private Query algorithm which admits a simple linear optical implementation: it employs the photon's momentum (or time slot) as address qubits and its polarization as bus qubit. A proof-of-principle experimental realization is implemented.

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@article{arxiv.0902.0222,
  title  = {Experimental Quantum Private Queries with linear optics},
  author = {F. De Martini and V. Giovannetti and S. Lloyd and L. Maccone and E. Nagali and L. Sansoni and F. Sciarrino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0902.0222},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures

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