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Quantum secret sharing between multiparty and multiparty with Bell states and Bell measurements

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We present a quantum secret sharing scheme between multiparty (m members in Group 1) and multiparty (n members in Group 2), and analyze its security. This scheme takes EPR pairs in Bell states as quantum resources. In order to obtain the shared key, all members only need to perform Bell measurements, rather than perform any local unitary operation. The total efficiency in this scheme approaches 100% as the classical information exchanged is not necessary except for the eavesdropping checks.

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  1. National High Performance Computing Center at Hefei, Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, China

    RunHua Shi, LiuSheng Huang & Wei Yang

  2. School of Computer Science and Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, 230039, China

    RunHua Shi & Hong Zhong

  3. Suzhou Institute for Advanced Study, USTC, Suzhou, 215123, China

    LiuSheng Huang & Wei Yang

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Shi, R., Huang, L., Yang, W. et al. Quantum secret sharing between multiparty and multiparty with Bell states and Bell measurements. Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron. 53, 2238–2244 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-010-4181-0

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