Robust quantum secure direct communication and authentication protocol against decoherence noise based on six-qubit DF state
Yan Chang, Shibin Zhang, Lili Yan +1 more
By using six-qubit decoherence-free (DF) states as quantum carriers and decoy states, a robust quantum secure direct communication and authentication (QSDCA) protocol against decoherence noise is proposed. Four six-qubit DF states are used in the process of secret transmission, however only the |0'⟩ state is prepared. The other three six-qubit DF states can be obtained by permuting the outputs of the setup for |0'⟩. By using the |0'⟩ state as the decoy state, the detection rate and the qubit error rate reach 81.3%, and they will not change with the noise level. The stability and security are much higher than those of the ping–pong protocol both in an ideal scenario and a decoherence noise scenario. Even if the eavesdropper measures several qubits, exploiting the coherent relationship between these qubits, she can gain one bit of secret information with probability 0.042.
Chinese Physics B•Apr 30, 2015•17 citations