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Authenticated semi-quantum direct communication protocols using Bell states

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This study presents the first two authenticated semi-quantum direct communication protocols without using any classical channel. By pre-sharing a master secret key between two communicants, a sender with advanced quantum devices can transmit a secret message to a receiver who can only perform classical operations without any information leakage. The receiver is then capable of verifying the message up to the single-qubit level, i.e., a one-qubit modification of the transmitted quantum sequence can be detected with a probability close to 1. Moreover, the proposed protocols are resistant to several well-known attacks.

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We would like to thank the Ministry of Science and Technology of Republic of China for financial support of this research under Contract No. MOST 104-2221-E-006-102-.

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Luo, YP., Hwang, T. Authenticated semi-quantum direct communication protocols using Bell states. Quantum Inf Process 15, 947–958 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-015-1182-y

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