Efficient quantum private comparison employing single photons and collective detection

  • Authors:

  • Bin Liu;Fei Gao;Heng-Yue Jia;Wei Huang;Wei-Wei Zhang;Qiao-Yan Wen

  • Affiliations:

  • State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China 100876;State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China 100876 and State Key Laboratory of Information Security, Institute o ...;State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China 100876;State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China 100876;State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China 100876;State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China 100876

  • Venue:
  • Quantum Information Processing
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

Two efficient quantum private comparison (QPC) protocols are proposed, employing single photons and collective detection. In the proposed protocols, two distrustful parties (Alice and Bob) compare the equivalence of information with the help of a semi-honest third party (TP). Utilizing collective detection, the cost of practical realization is reduced greatly. In the first protocol, TP gains the result of the comparison. While in the second protocol, TP cannot get the comparison result. In both of our protocols, Alice and Bob only need be equipped with unitary operation machines, such as phase plates. So Alice and Bob need not to have the expensive quantum devices, such as qubit generating machine, quantum memory machine and quantum measuring machine. Security of the protocols is ensured by theorems on quantum operation discrimination.