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Two Quantum Direct Communication Protocols Based on Quantum Search Algorithm

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Based on the properties of two-qubit Grover’s quantum search algorithm, we propose two quantum direct communication protocols, including a deterministic secure quantum communication and a quantum secure direct communication protocol. Secret messages can be directly sent from the sender to the receiver by using two-qubit unitary operations and the single photon measurement with one of the proposed protocols. Theoretical analysis shows that the security of the proposed protocols can be highly ensured.

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Acknowledgments

This work is supported by NSFC (Nos. 61272514, 61303199, 61411146001, 61170272, 61121061), the Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation, China (Nos. ZR2013FM025, ZR2013FQ001, ZR2014FM003), the Shandong Province Outstanding Research Award Fund for Young Scientists of China (No. BS2013DX010, BS2014DX007), NCET (No. NCET-13-0681), the Fok Ying Tong Education Foundation (No. 131067), the National Development Foundation for Cryptological Research (MMJJ201401012) and Shandong Academy of Sciences Youth Fund Project(2013QN007).

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  1. Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Computer Networks, Shandong Computer Science Center (National Supercomputer Center in Jinan), Jinan, 250014, China

    Shu-Jiang Xu & Lian-Hai Wang

  2. Information Security Center, State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876, China

    Shu-Jiang Xu, Xiu-Bo Chen, Xin-Xin Niu & Yi-Xian Yang

  3. State Key Laboratory of Information Security, (Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Beijing, 100093, China

    Shu-Jiang Xu & Xiu-Bo Chen

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Xu, SJ., Chen, XB., Wang, LH. et al. Two Quantum Direct Communication Protocols Based on Quantum Search Algorithm. Int J Theor Phys 54, 2436–2445 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-014-2466-1

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