Information encryption in phase space
In this Letter, we propose an information encryption technique based on the theory of phase-space optics. We show that encoding the plaintext in phase space provides a higher level of security: first, the key-space is significantly enlarged. Second, it is immune to various known-plaintext (cyphertex...
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Published in | Optics letters Vol. 40; no. 6; p. 859 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
15.03.2015
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Summary: | In this Letter, we propose an information encryption technique based on the theory of phase-space optics. We show that encoding the plaintext in phase space provides a higher level of security: first, the key-space is significantly enlarged. Second, it is immune to various known-plaintext (cyphertext) attacks to which the double-random phase encryption (DRPE) is vulnerable. Third, the bilinearity of phase-space distributions offers additional security. Theoretical analysis and numerical calculation results show that the proposed technique has significantly different responses to errors added to the cypheretext and the two phase keys in comparison to the classical DRPE. |
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ISSN: | 1539-4794 |
DOI: | 10.1364/OL.40.000859 |