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Unconditional Security with Decoherence-Free Subspaces

Quantum Physics 2012-04-19 v3

Abstract

We show how to use decoherence-free subspaces over collective-noise quantum channels to convey classical information in perfect secrecy. We argue that codes defined over decoherence-free subspaces are codes for quantum wiretap channels in which the gain of information by a non-authorized receiver is zero. We also show that if some symmetry conditions are guaranteed, the maximum rate on which these secret communications take place is equal to the Holevo-Schumacher-Westmoreland capacity of the quantum channel.

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@article{arxiv.1204.3000,
  title  = {Unconditional Security with Decoherence-Free Subspaces},
  author = {Elloá B. Guedes and Francisco M. de Assis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.3000},
  year   = {2012}
}

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6 pages, 1 figure. Submitted to Physical Review A

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