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A Novel Quantum Blind Signature Scheme with Four-particle GHZ States

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In an arbitrated quantum signature scheme, the signer signs the message and the receiver verifies the signature’s validity with the assistance of the arbitrator. We present an arbitrated quantum blind signature scheme by using four-particle entangled Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) states. By using the special relationship of four-particle GHZ states, we cannot only support the security of quantum signature, but also guarantee the anonymity of the message owner. It has a wide application to E-payment system, E-government, E-business, and etc.

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This work is supported by NSFC (Grant Nos. 61272057, 61170270), Beijing Higher Education Young Elite Teacher Project (Grant Nos. YETP0475, YETP0477).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876, China

    Ling Fan, Ke-Jia Zhang, Su-Juan Qin & Fen-Zhuo Guo

  2. School of Ethnic education, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876, China

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Fan, L., Zhang, KJ., Qin, SJ. et al. A Novel Quantum Blind Signature Scheme with Four-particle GHZ States. Int J Theor Phys 55, 1028–1035 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-015-2745-5

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