Quantum secure direct communication is the direct communication of secret messages without first producing a shared secret key. It maybe used in some urgent circumstances. Here we propose a quantum secure direct communication protocol using single photons. The protocol uses batches of single photons prepared randomly in one of four different states. These single photons serve as a one-time-pad which are used directly to encode the secret messages in one communication process. We also show that it is unconditionally secure. The protocol is feasible with present-day technique.
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0405177,
title = {Secure Direct Communication with a Quantum One-Time-Pad},
author = {Fu-Guo Deng and Gui Lu Long},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0405177},
year = {2009}
}