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Public and private communication with a quantum channel and a secret key

Quantum Physics 2009-08-05 v1

Abstract

We consider using a secret key and a noisy quantum channel to generate noiseless public communication and noiseless private communication. The optimal protocol for this setting is the publicly-enhanced private father protocol. This protocol exploits random coding techniques and "piggybacking" of public information along with secret-key-assisted private codes. The publicly-enhanced private father protocol is a generalization of the secret-key-assisted protocol of Hsieh, Luo, and Brun and a generelization of a protocol for simultaneous communication of public and private information suggested by Devetak and Shor.

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@article{arxiv.0903.3920,
  title  = {Public and private communication with a quantum channel and a secret key},
  author = {Min-Hsiu Hsieh and Mark M. Wilde},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0903.3920},
  year   = {2009}
}

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15 pages, 2 figures