Secure communication with a publicly known key
Quantum Physics
2007-05-23 v2
Abstract
We present a scheme for direct and confidential communication between Alice and Bob, where there is no need for establishing a shared secret key first, and where the key used by Alice even will become known publicly. The communication is based on the exchange of single photons and each and every photon transmits one bit of Alice's message without revealing any information to a potential eavesdropper.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0111106,
title = {Secure communication with a publicly known key},
author = {Almut Beige and Berthold-Georg Englert and Christian Kurtsiefer and Harald Weinfurter},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0111106},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
14 pages including 2 figures, erratum added