Prepare-and-Measure Certified Deletion
This example protocol implements the functionality of Quantum Encryption with Certified Deletion using single-qubit state preparation and measurement.
Assumptions
Outline
The scheme consists of 5 circuits-
- Key: This circuit generates the key used in later stages
- Enc: This circuit encrypts the message using the key
- Dec: This circuit decrypts the ciphertext using the key and generates an error flag bit
- Del: This circuit deletes the ciphertext state and generates a deletion certificate
- Ver: This circuit verifies the validity of the deletion certificate using the key
Notation
Properties
Protocol Description
Circuit 1: Key
The key generation circuit
Input : None
Output: A key state
- Sample Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \theta \gets \Theta}
- Sample where Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \tilde{\mathcal{I}} = \{i \in [m] | \theta_i = 1\}}
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Circuit 2: Enc
The encryption circuit
Input : A plaintext state and a key state
Output: A ciphertext state
- Sample where
- Compute where
- Compute
- Compute Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle q = \mathrm{synd}(r|_\mathcal{I})\oplus e}
- Output Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \rho = |r^\theta\rangle\langle r^\theta |\otimes|\mathrm{msg}\oplus x \oplus u,p,q\rangle\langle \mathrm{msg}\oplus x \oplus u,p,q |}
Circuit 3: Dec
The decryption circuit
Input : A key state and a ciphertext
Output: A plaintext state and an error flag
- Compute
- Measure Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \rho^\prime} in the computational basis. Call the result
- Compute where
- Compute Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle p^\prime = H_{ec}(r^\prime) \oplus d }
- If Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle p \neq p^\prime} , then set . Else, set
- Compute Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle x^\prime = H_{pa}(r^\prime)}
- Output
Circuit 4: Del
The deletion circuit
Input : A ciphertext
Output: A certificate string Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \sigma \in \mathcal{D}(\mathcal{Q}(m))}
- Measure in the Hadamard basis. Call the output y.
- Output
Circuit 5: Ver
The verification circuit
Input : A key state Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle | r|_\tilde{\mathcal{I}},\theta,u,d,e,H_{pa},H_{ec}\rangle \langle r|_\tilde{\mathcal{I}},\theta,u,d,e,H_{pa},H_{ec}| \in \mathcal{D}(\mathcal{Q}(k+m+n+\mu+\tau)\otimes\mathfrak{H}_{pa}\otimes\mathfrak{H}_{ec}} and a certificate string Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle |y\rangle\langle y| \in \mathcal{D}(\mathcal{Q}(m))}
Output: A bit
- Compute where
- Compute
- If Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \omega(q\oplus \hat y^\prime) < k\delta} , output . Else, output Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 0} .