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An economic and feasible Quantum Sealed-bid Auction protocol

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We present an economic and feasible Quantum Sealed-bid Auction protocol using quantum secure direct communication based on single photons in both the polarization and the spatial-mode degrees of freedom, where each single photon can carry two bits of classical information. Compared with previous protocols, our protocol has higher efficiency. In addition, we propose a secure post-confirmation mechanism without quantum entanglement to guarantee the security and the fairness of the auction.

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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61772001).

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    Rui Zhang, Run-hua Shi, Jia-qi Qin & Zhen-wan Peng

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Zhang, R., Shi, Rh., Qin, Jq. et al. An economic and feasible Quantum Sealed-bid Auction protocol. Quantum Inf Process 17, 35 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-017-1805-6

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