A novel three party Quantum secret sharing scheme based on Bell state sequential measurements with application in quantum image sharing

TL;DR

This paper introduces a new quantum secret sharing protocol using Bell states and sequential measurements, demonstrating its security, robustness, and practical implementation on IBM-QE cloud, advancing quantum image sharing techniques.

Contribution

The paper proposes a novel three-party quantum secret sharing scheme based on Bell states and sequential measurements, with experimental validation on IBM-QE platform.

Findings

Secure against eavesdropping on individual qubits

Supports n-out-of-n verification and aborting

Successfully implemented on IBM-QE cloud

Abstract

In this work, we present a quantum secret sharing scheme based on Bell state entanglement and sequential projection measurements. The protocol verifies the $n$ out of $n$ scheme and supports the aborting of the protocol in case all the parties do not divulge in their valid measurement outcomes. The operator-qubit pair forms an integral part of the scheme determining the classical secret to be shared. The protocol is robust enough to neutralize any eavesdropping on a particular qubit of the dealer. The experimental demonstration of the scheme is done on IBM-QE cloud platform with backends \texttt{IBMQ\_16\_Melbourne} and \texttt{IBMQ\_QASM\_SIMULATOR\_V0.1.547} simulator. The security analysis performed on the scheme and the comparative analysis supports our claim of a stringent and an efficient scheme as compared to some recent quantum and semi-quantum techniques of secret sharing.