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Measurement-device-independent three-party quantum secure direct communication

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Quantum secure direct communication (QSDC) can directly transmit secure messages through quantum channel without sharing keys. Three-party (3P) QSDC enables two communication parties synchronously transmit secret messages to a third party through the quantum channels. Previous 3P-QSDC protocols all require ideal and trusted measurement devices, which are hard to realize under current experimental condition. Practical imperfect measurement devices would bring security loophole in the 3P-QSDC. In the paper, we propose a measurement-device-independent (MDI) 3P-QSDC protocol based on the polarization-spatial-mode hyperentanglement, which can resist all possible attacks from practical imperfect measurement devices. Our protocol is unconditionally secure in theory and can enhance 3P-QSDC’s security under practical experimental condition. In one round of communication, two parties can each send 2 bits of secure messages to the third party. Our MDI-3P-QSDC protocol has application potential in future multipartite quantum communication field.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos. 11974189 and 12175106, the Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China under Grant No. 20KJB140001.

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    Yi-Piao Hong, Wei Zhong & Yu-Bo Sheng

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Hong, YP., Zhou, L., Zhong, W. et al. Measurement-device-independent three-party quantum secure direct communication. Quantum Inf Process 22, 111 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-023-03853-1

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