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Two Semi-Quantum Direct Communication Protocols with Mutual Authentication Based on Bell States

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In this paper, we proposed two semi-quantum direct communication protocols based on Bell states. By pre-sharing two secret keys between two communicants, Alice with the advanced quantum ability can transmit secret messages to the classical Bob who can only perform the limited classical operations. At the same time, both sides of the communication can comfirm the legitimacy of each other’s identity. Security and qubit efficency analysis have been given. The analysis results show that the two protocols can resistant to several well-known attacks and their qubit efficency is higher than some current protocols.

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Acknowledgments

We are very grateful to the reviewers and the editors for their invaluable comments and detailed suggestions that helped to improve the quality of the present paper.

This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.61572086, 61402058), the Application Foundation Project of Sichuan Province of China (Grant No. 2017JY0168), the National Key Research and Development Program (No. 2017YFB0802302) , Sichuan innovation team of quantum security communication (No.17TD0009), Sichuan academic and technical leaders training funding support projects(No. 2016120080102643)the Fund for Middle and Young Academic Leaders of CUIT (Grant No. J201511).

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    Zheng Tao, Yan Chang, Shibin Zhang, Jinqiao Dai & Xueyang Li

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Tao, Z., Chang, Y., Zhang, S. et al. Two Semi-Quantum Direct Communication Protocols with Mutual Authentication Based on Bell States. Int J Theor Phys 58, 2986–2993 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-019-04178-5

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