Cyclic quantum state sharing with a nine-qubit entangled state

Abstract

In this paper, we present a novel scheme for cyclic quantum state sharing (QSTS) by using a nine-qubit entangled state as quantum channel. In this scheme, each of the three dealers has a different unknown quantum state, and every dealer wants two agents to share his/her quantum state. At the same time, three dealers perform Bell basis measurements on his/her own qubits, and the controllers make a single-qubit measurement on his/her own qubits, after that, the receivers can recover the original states by applying suitable unitary operations, respectively. It is shown that, only if all agents collaborate with each other, the cyclic QSTS can be completed with unit success probability.