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We present the first quantum anonymous notification (QAN) protocol that introduces anonymity and paves the way for anonymous secure quantum communication in quantum networks. QAN protocol has applications ranging from multiparty quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-07-23 Awais Khan , Junaid ur Rehman , Hyundong Shin

Distributed computing, involving multiple servers collaborating on designated computations, faces a critical challenge in optimizing inter-server communication -- an issue central to the study of communication complexity. Quantum resources…

Quantum secret sharing (QSS) is a typical multipartite cryptographic primitive, which is an important part of quantum communication network. Existing QSS protocols generally require basis selection and matching, which would increase the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-27 Cheng Zhang , Fu-Le Hao , Shi-Pu Gu , Xing-Fu Wang , Lan Zhou , Yu-Bo Sheng

Networked quantum sensors have several applications such as the mapping of magnetic fields. When the magnetic fields are biomagnetic ones, i.e., they contain some private information, the information of from who non-zero magnetic fields…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-17 Hiroto Kasai , Seiichiro Tani , Yasuhiro Tokura , Yuki Takeuchi

We approach two interconnected problems of quantum information processing in networks: Conference key agreement and entanglement distillation, both in the so-called source model where the given resource is a multipartite quantum state and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-28 Farzin Salek , Andreas Winter

Multipartite entanglement enables secure group key distribution among multiple users while providing immunity against hacking attacks targeting source devices, thereby realizing source-independent quantum conference key agreement (SI-QCKA).…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-24 Wen-Ji Hua , Yi-Ran Xiao , Yu Bao , Hua-Lei Yin , Zeng-Bing Chen

Quantum Internet signifies a remarkable advancement in communication technology, harnessing the principles of quantum entanglement and superposition to facilitate unparalleled levels of security and efficient computations. Quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-12 Mohamed Shaban , Muhammad Ismail

The distribution of entangled states is a core task for quantum networks facilitating quantum communication, and the use of multipartite entangled states comes with its own set of considerations. In this work, we analyze a quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-19 Janka Memmen , Julia Kunzelmann , Nathan Walk , Jens Eisert , Julius Wallnöfer

We provide a quantum key distribution protocol based on the correlations of the Greenburger-Horne-Zeilinger(GHZ) state. No classical communication is needed in the process of the establishment of the key. Our protocol is useful when an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Xiaoyu Li

By introducing a semi-honest third party (TP), we propose in this paper a novel QPC protocol using (n+1)- qubit (n \ge 2) Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) states as information carriers. The parameter n not only determines the number of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-08-20 Zhaoxu Ji , Peiru Fan , Huanguo Zhang , Houzhen Wang

In recent times, secure quantum communication in layered networks has emerged as an important area of study. In this paper, we harness the potential offered by multidimensional states in secure quantum communication with only one quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-31 Rajni Bala , Sooryansh Asthana , V. Ravishankar

We present a quantum dialogue protocol by using the Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) state. In this paper, we point out that the `quantum dialogue' communication scheme recently introduced by Nguyen can be eavesdropped on under an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Yan Xia , Chang-Bao Fu , Shou Zhang , Suc-Kyoung Hong , Kyu-Hwang Yeon , Chung-In Um

Quantum conference key agreement (CKA) enables key sharing among multiple trusted users with information-theoretic security. Currently, the key rates of most quantum CKA protocols suffer from the limit of the total efficiency among quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-07 Xiao-Yu Cao , Jie Gu , Yu-Shuo Lu , Hua-Lei Yin , Zeng-Bing Chen

Quantum conferencing enables multiple nodes within a quantum network to share a secure group key for private message broadcasting. The key rate, however, is limited by the repeaterless capacity to distribute multiparticle entangled states…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-07 Yuan-Mei Xie , Yu-Shuo Lu , Yao Fu , Hua-Lei Yin , Zeng-Bing Chen

We present a simple and practical protocol for the solution of a secure multiparty communication task, the secret sharing, and its experimental realization. In this protocol, a secret message is split among several parties in a way that its…

We propose a semi-quantum conference key agreement (SQCKA) protocol that leverages on GHZ states. We provide a comprehensive security analysis for our protocol that does not rely on a trusted mediator party. We present information-theoretic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-10 Rúben Barreiro , Walter O. Krawec , Paulo Mateus , Nikola Paunković , André Souto

The laws of quantum mechanics allow for the distribution of a secret random key between two parties. Here we analyse the security of a protocol for establishing a common secret key between N parties (i.e. a conference key), using resource…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-13 Michael Epping , Hermann Kampermann , Chiara Macchiavello , Dagmar Bruß

We show a potential eavesdropper can eavesdrop whole secret information when the legitimate users use secure carrier to encode and decode classical information repeatedly in the protocol [proposed in Bagherinezhad S and Karimipour V 2003…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Jie Song , Shou Zhang

In this paper, a three party controlled quantum secure direct communication protocol based on GHZ like state is proposed. In this scheme, the receiver can obtain the sender s two secret bits under the permission of the controller. By using…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-07-16 Shima Hassanpour , Monireh Houshmand

A notion of quantum conference is introduced in analogy with the usual notion of a conference that happens frequently in today's world. Quantum conference is defined as a multiparty secure communication task that allows each party to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-10 Anindita Banerjee , Kishore Thapliyal , Chitra Shukla , Anirban Pathak