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Multiparty quantum secret sharing with the pure entangled two-photon states

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We present a secure multiparty quantum secret sharing scheme. The implementation of this scheme only needs to exploit the pure entangled two-photon pairs, the local unitary operations on single photons and the single-photon measurements with the computational basis, which make it more convenient in a practical application than others. In addition, each pure entangled two-photon pair can carry one bit of classical information and the intrinsic efficiency approaches 100%, since no classical bit needs to be transmitted except those for detection.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Intelligent Computing and Signal Processing of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, 230039, Hefei, China

    Run-hua Shi & Hong Zhong

  2. School of Computer Science and Technology, Anhui University, 230039, Hefei, China

    Run-hua Shi & Hong Zhong

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Shi, Rh., Zhong, H. Multiparty quantum secret sharing with the pure entangled two-photon states. Quantum Inf Process 11, 161–169 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-011-0239-9

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