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Secret quantum communication of a reference frame

Quantum Physics 2008-10-22 v2

Abstract

We propose quantum cryptographic protocols to secretly communicate a reference frame- unspeakable information in the sense it cannot be encoded into a string of bits. Two distant parties can secretly align their Cartesian axes by exchanging N spin 1/2 particles, achieving the optimal accuracy 1/N. A possible eavesdropper cannot gain any information without being detected.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0608042,
  title  = {Secret quantum communication of a reference frame},
  author = {Giulio Chiribella and Lorenzo Maccone and Paolo Perinotti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0608042},
  year   = {2008}
}

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4 pages, no figures; published version