Eavesdropping on the two-way quantum communication protocols with invisible photons

By Qing-Yu Cai. 2005

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The crucial issue of quantum communication protocol is its security. In this Letter, we show that all the deterministic and direct two-way quantum communication protocols, sometimes called ping-pong (PP) protocols, are insecure when an eavesdropper uses the invisible photon to eavesdrop on the communication. With our invisible photon eavesdropping (IPE) scheme, the eavesdropper can obtain full information of the communication with zero risk of being detected. We show that this IPE scheme can be implemented experimentally with current technology. Finally, a possible improvement of PP communication protocols security is proposed. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Subfields: Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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