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High-dimensional measurement-device-independent quantum secure direct communication

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Quantum secure direct communication is an important communication mode of quantum communications. Its development and application are mainly limited by the channel capacity and channel loss. Here, in this paper, a high-dimensional measurement-device-independent quantum secure direct communication protocol is proposed. The quantum information is encoded on the spatial mode of the photons which enlarges the coding Hilbert space and results in the high efficiency, feasibility with existing technique, and tolerance of channel noise. Based on realistic experimental parameters, the efficiency of communications is analytically derived and numerically discussed.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the Project funded by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (BNU).

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    Lu Liu & Jia-Lei Niu

  2. School of Artificial Intelligence, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China

    Chen-Rui Fan, Xue-Ting Feng & Chuan Wang

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Liu, L., Niu, JL., Fan, CR. et al. High-dimensional measurement-device-independent quantum secure direct communication. Quantum Inf Process 19, 404 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-020-02908-x

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