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A watermark strategy for quantum images based on quantum fourier transform

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We present a robust watermark strategy for quantum images. The watermark image is embedded into the fourier coefficients of the quantum carrier image, which will not affect the carrier image’s visual effect. Before being embedded into the carrier image, the watermark image is preprocessed to be seemingly meaningless using quantum circuit, which further ensures the security of the watermark image. The properties of fourier transform ensure that the watermark embedded in the carrier image resists the unavoidable noise and cropping.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876, China

    Wei-Wei Zhang, Fei Gao, Bin Liu & Qiao-Yan Wen

  2. State Key Laboratory of Information Security, Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

    Wei-Wei Zhang

  3. Science and Technology on Communication Security Laboratory, P.O. Box 810, Chengdu, 610041, China

    Hui Chen

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Zhang, WW., Gao, F., Liu, B. et al. A watermark strategy for quantum images based on quantum fourier transform. Quantum Inf Process 12, 793–803 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-012-0423-6

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