Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-12-2016
Abstract
Shannon proved in 1949 that information-theoretic-secure encryption is possible if the encryption key is used only once, is random, and is at least as long as the message itself. Notwithstanding, when information is encoded in a quantum system, the phenomenon of quantum data locking allows one to encrypt a message with a shorter key and still provide information-theoretic security. We present one of the first feasible experimental demonstrations of quantum data locking for direct communication and propose a scheme for a quantum enigma machine that encrypts 6 bits per photon (containing messages, new encryption keys, and forward error correction bits) with less than 6 bits per photon of encryption key while remaining information-theoretically secure.
Recommended Citation
D. J. Lum, J. C. Howell, M. S. Allman, T. Gerrits, V. B. Verma, S. W. Nam, and C. Lupo, Quantum Enigma Machine: Experimentally Demonstrating Quantum Data Locking, Phys. Rev. A 94(2), 022315. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.94.022315
Peer Reviewed
1
Copyright
American Physical Society
Comments
This article was originally published in Physical Review A, volume 94, issue 2, in 2016. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.94.022315