Visual Cryptography Based on an Interferometric Encryption Technique

This paper presents a new method for a visual cryptography scheme that uses phase masks and an interferometer. To encrypt a binary image, we divided it into an arbitrary number of slides and encrypted them using an XOR process with a random key or keys. The phase mask for each encrypted image was fa...

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Published inETRI journal Vol. 24; no. 5; pp. 373 - 380
Main Authors Lee, Sang‐Su, Na, Jung‐Chan, Sohn, Sung‐Won, Park, Cheehang, Seo, Dong‐Hoan, Kim, Soo‐Joong
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taejon Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute 01.10.2002
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Summary:This paper presents a new method for a visual cryptography scheme that uses phase masks and an interferometer. To encrypt a binary image, we divided it into an arbitrary number of slides and encrypted them using an XOR process with a random key or keys. The phase mask for each encrypted image was fabricated under the proposed phase‐assignment rule. For decryption, phase masks were placed on any path of the Mach‐Zehnder interferometer. Through optical experiments, we confirmed that a secret binary image that was sliced could be recovered by the proposed method.
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ISSN:1225-6463
2233-7326
DOI:10.4218/etrij.02.0102.0505