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A scheme for secure quantum communication network with authentication using GHZ-like states and cluster states controlled teleportation

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We propose a scheme for a secure message communication network with authentication following the idea in controlled teleportation. In this scheme, the servers of the network provide the service to prepare the entangled states as quantum channels. For preventing the eavesdropping, a security checking method is suggested. After the security check, any two users in the network may communicate securely and directly under the control of the servers on the network.

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Acknowledgments

This work is supported by Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, IRAN. It is a pleasure to thank the reviewers and the editor for their many fruitful discussions about the topic and of Dr. Majid Farahian for his helpful comments and the final edition of the paper. Also, the authors would like to thank Soheila Gholipour, Yasna Naseri and Viana Naseri for their interests in this work.

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  1. Department of Physics, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran

    Mosayeb Naseri & Arash Boochani

  2. Department of Mathematics, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

    Mehrdad Ahmadzadeh Raji

  3. Department of Physics, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

    Mohamad Reza Hantehzadeh

  4. Information Technology Department, Al-Zahra College for Women, Muscat, Oman

    Ahmed Farouk

  5. Young Researchers and Elite Club, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran

    Shahram Solaymani

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Naseri, M., Raji, M.A., Hantehzadeh, M.R. et al. A scheme for secure quantum communication network with authentication using GHZ-like states and cluster states controlled teleportation. Quantum Inf Process 14, 4279–4295 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-015-1107-9

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