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Functional encryption is a powerful cryptographic primitive that enables fine-grained access to encrypted data and underlies numerous applications. Although the ideal security notion for FE (simulation security) has been shown to be…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-01-27 Mohammed Barhoush , Arthur Mehta , Anne Müller , Louis Salvail

We investigate an entangled deformation of the deterministic quantum cloning process, called enscription, that can be applied to (certain) sets of distinct quantum states which are not necessarily orthogonal, called texts. Some basic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Randall Espinoza , Tom Imbo , Paul Lopata

Growing concerns surrounding AI safety and data privacy have driven the development of Machine Unlearning as a potential solution. However, current machine unlearning algorithms are designed to complement the offline training paradigm. The…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-23 Sayanta Adhikari , Vishnuprasadh Kumaravelu , P. K. Srijith

Quantum copy protection, introduced by Aaronson, enables giving out a quantum program-description that cannot be meaningfully duplicated. Despite over a decade of study, copy protection is only known to be possible for a very limited class…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-06 Andrea Coladangelo , Sam Gunn

We introduce the notions of algorithmic mutual information and rarity of quantum states. These definitions enjoy conservation inequalities over unitary transformations and partial traces. We show that a large majority of pure states have…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2021-01-12 Samuel Epstein

The impossibility of perfectly copying (or cloning) an arbitrary quantum state is one of the basic rules governing the physics of quantum systems. The processes that perform the optimal approximate cloning have been found in many cases.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Valerio Scarani , Sofyan Iblisdir , Nicolas Gisin , Antonio Acin

Unspeakable coherence is a key feature separating quantum and classical physics. Modelled as asymmetry with respect to a continuous transformation generated by a physically relevant observable, such as the Hamiltonian or angular moment,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-05 Benjamin Stratton , Chung-Yun Hsieh , Paul Skrzypczyk

Due to the no-cloning theorem, the unknown quantum state can only be cloned approximately or exactly with some probability. There are two types of cloners: universal and state-dependent cloner. The optimal universal cloner has been found…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Y. -J. Han , Y. -S. Zhang , G. -C. Guo

The security of quantum cryptography is guaranteed by the no-cloning theorem, which implies that an eavesdropper copying transmitted qubits in unknown states causes their disturbance. Nevertheless, in real cryptographic systems some level…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-06 Karol Bartkiewicz , Karel Lemr , Antonín Černoch , Jan Soubusta , Adam Miranowicz

It is generally believed that entanglement is essential for quantum computing. We present here a few simple examples in which quantum computing without entanglement is better than anything classically achievable, in terms of the reliability…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Eli Biham , Gilles Brassard , Dan Kenigsberg , Tal Mor

The no-cloning principle of quantum mechanics enables us to achieve amazing unclonable cryptographic primitives, which is impossible in classical cryptography. However, the security definitions for unclonable cryptography are tricky.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-21 Fuyuki Kitagawa , Ryo Nishimaki

Using a neutron double-slit setup, we construct a quantum bit commitment scheme in which time development of quantum states plays an essential role. Our scheme evades the widely accepted no-go theorem by the fact that it is neither possible…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-10-25 Chi-Yee Cheung

Although a quantum state requires exponentially many classical bits to describe, the laws of quantum mechanics impose severe restrictions on how that state can be accessed. This paper shows in three settings that quantum messages have only…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-06-25 Scott Aaronson

The cloning of quantum variables with continuous spectra is analyzed. A universal - or Gaussian - quantum cloning machine is exhibited that copies equally well the states of two conjugate variables such as position and momentum. It also…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 N. J. Cerf , A. Ipe , X. Rottenberg

The superposition principle is fundamental to quantum theory. Yet a recent no-go theorem has proved that quantum theory forbids superposition of unknown quantum states, even with nonzero probability. The implications of this result,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-25 Somshubhro Bandyopadhyay

Impossibility of cloning and deleting of unknown states are important restrictions on processing of information in the quantum world. On the other hand, a known quantum state can always be cloned or deleted. However if we restrict the class…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Michal Horodecki , Aditi Sen De , Ujjwal Sen

A central challenge in data security is not just preventing theft, but detecting whether it has occurred. Classically, this is impossible because a perfect copy leaves no evidence. Quantum mechanics, on the other hand, forbids general…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-10-09 Vipul Goyal , Justin Raizes

There has been significant recent interest in quantum neural networks (QNNs), along with their applications in diverse domains. Current solutions for QNNs pose significant challenges concerning their scalability, ensuring that the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-24 Mohsen Heidari , Ananth Grama , Wojciech Szpankowski

Quantum computers are now on the brink of outperforming their classical counterparts. One way to demonstrate the advantage of quantum computation is through quantum random sampling performed on quantum computing devices. However, existing…

Quantum cryptography is a rapidly-developing area which leverages quantum information to accomplish classically-impossible tasks. In many of these protocols, quantum states are used as long-term cryptographic keys. Typically, this is to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-07 Omri Shmueli , Mark Zhandry