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A new cryptographic tool, anonymous quantum key technique, is introduced that leads to unconditionally secure key distribution and encryption schemes that can be readily implemented experimentally in a realistic environment. If quantum memory is available, the technique would have many features of public-key cryptography; an identification protocolthat does not require a shared secret key is provided as an illustration. The possibility is also indicated for obtaining unconditionally secure quantum bit commitment protocols with this technique.
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Yuen, H.P. (2002). Anonymous-Key Quantum Cryptography and Unconditionally Secure Quantum Bit Commitment. In: Tombesi, P., Hirota, O. (eds) Quantum Communication, Computing, and Measurement 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47114-0_45
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