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Semi-Quantum Secure Direct Communication Using Entanglement

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Quantum secure direct communication makes both quantum parties send messages without need for sharing a secret key in advance. Considering scarcity and expensiveness of quantum resources, the first protocol of semi-quantum secure direct communication was proposed, which used the single photons as transmission carrier. In this paper, we propose a semi-quantum secure direct communication(SQSDC) protocol using Bell states in which classical Bob and quantum Alice can communicate in both directions. This is different from the existing SQSDC protocols that can only send messages in one direction. We show the protocol is completely robust. This protocol can be easily generalized to the situation of three-party communication or even N-party communication, and they are completely robust as well.

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The authors would thank the anonymous reviewers for valuable suggestions that help us improve the quality of the manuscript. This work was partly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 61572532, 61876195), the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province of China (No. 2017B030311011), the Science and Technology Project of Jiangmen City of China (No. 2018JC01018, 2018JC01019), and the Innovation Project of Department of Education of Guangdong Province of China (No. 2017KTSCX180).

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  1. Institute of Computer Science Theory, School of Data and Computer Science, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China

    Zhenbang Rong & Daowen Qiu

  2. The Guangdong Key Laboratory of Information Security Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China

    Zhenbang Rong & Daowen Qiu

  3. Faculty of Intelligent Manufacturing, Wuyi University, Jiangmen, 529020, China

    Zhenbang Rong

  4. School of Mathematics, Computational Science, Wuyi University, Jiangmen, 529020, China

    Xiangfu Zou

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Rong, Z., Qiu, D. & Zou, X. Semi-Quantum Secure Direct Communication Using Entanglement. Int J Theor Phys 59, 1807–1819 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-020-04447-8

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