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G(cid:48)(|φ i(cid:105)⊗|ϕ(cid:105))=|φ(cid:48) i(cid:105)⊗U i|ϕ(cid:105), (1) quantum gate sequence of U i. If the key is stolen, there
isnowaytopreventEvefromperformingU ,butweneed
where |φ(cid:48)(cid:105) = L|φ (cid:105) is the key state after performing G(cid:48). i
i i topreventEvecreatinganunauthorizedcopyofthekey.
The programmer issues only one key for each authorized
We assume that Eve may destroy extra keys {|φ (cid:105)} for
user. This step is the encryption process of the keys. j
j (cid:54)=i,butdoesnotdestroythekey|φ (cid:105)forperformingU .
Step3: Theessenceofourobfuscationprocessisinthe i i
Weregardthatthekeyshouldbekeptastheevidenceof
non-uniqueness of the quantum gate sequence represen-
the authorized user.
tation for unitary operations. The programmer trans-
Thus, we formally define authorized quantum com-
forms the series of quantum gate sequences x(G(cid:48)) =
putation implementing 2k unitary operations {U } on
x(R)x(G)x(L)intoanotherobfuscatedquantumgatese- i
H⊗n by the existence of a quantum gate sequence
quence x(cid:48)(G(cid:48)), where extracting information of R and L input
x(cid:48)(G(cid:48)) and quantum authorization keys {|φ (cid:105)} satisfying
from x(cid:48)(G(cid:48)) is not possible in a polynomial time even i
thefollowingtwoconditions. 1. G(cid:48)isaunitaryoperation
using quantum computers. We call this transformation
onanextendedHilbertspaceH⊗(m+n) satisfyingEq.(1)
of quantum gate sequences as quantum gate shuffling.
for an arbitrary input state |ϕ(cid:105)∈H⊗n . 2. There is no
Later, we present a sufficient condition for a quantum input
polynomial quantum algorithm A such that
gate shuffling algorithm for performing the obfuscation
process. A:(x(cid:48)(G(cid:48)), |φ (cid:105)⊗|Φ (cid:105))(cid:55)−→(y(F(cid:48)), |φ (cid:105)⊗|ψy (cid:105)) (2)
Step4: Classicalinformationoftheobfuscatedgatese- i iN i x(cid:48)i
quencex(cid:48)(G(cid:48))isdeliveredtothetrustedthirdparty(au-
where |Φ (cid:105)=|φ (cid:105)⊗···⊗|φ (cid:105) is a product state of N
thenticator) by the programmer. It is authenticated and keys (i i =N j ···jj1 ∈{0,1}kNjN ) and y(F(cid:48)) is a quantum
N 1 N
announced publicly. On the other hand, the program- gate sequence of a unitary operation F(cid:48), which allows U
i
mer directly sends the key |φ i(cid:105) to an authorized user via to be performed by using a forged key state |ψy (cid:105)∈H⊗l
x(cid:48)i
a quantum channel. A pair of an authenticated public (for some integer l) as
programx(cid:48) andasetofauthorizationprivatekeys{|φ (cid:105)}
i
is created. F(cid:48)(|ψ xy (cid:48)i(cid:105)⊗|ϕ(cid:105))=(cid:12) (cid:12)ψ x(cid:48)y (cid:48)i(cid:11) ⊗U i|ϕ(cid:105), (3)
Step 5: The user performs a unitary operation G(cid:48) de-
scribed by x(cid:48)(G(cid:48)) on the joint state of the key |φ (cid:105) and for an arbitrary |ϕ(cid:105)∈H⊗n and (cid:104)ψy |ψy (cid:105)=δ .
i input x(cid:48)i x(cid:48)j ij
an input state |ϕ(cid:105) of user’s choice. Then the state U |ϕ(cid:105) Next,weinvestigatequantumgateshufflingalgorithms
i
is obtained. If the user does not use the correct key |φ (cid:105) for the obfuscation process. Among algorithms mapping
i
and performs G(cid:48), the resulting joint state cannot be a an element of g (U) to another element of g (U)
p(n) q(n)
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where p(n) ≤ q(n), we define a completely-random shuf- we require q(n) to be just a polynomial function.
fling to be an algorithm randomly obtaining a quantum By assuming the existence of the sufficiently-random
gate sequence from all possible quantum gate sequences gate shuffling algorithm, we prove that it is quantum-
of g (U). To understand the power of random shuf- computationally difficult for Eve to perform a cracking
q(n)
fling, we study restricted quantum gate sequences de- algorithmAdefinedbyEq.(2). Weshowthatthequan-
noted by z(C ) of a controlled identity operation C on tum computational complexity of this task is in NQP
I I
H⊗(n+1) constructed by a quantum gate sequence x(I). (Non-deterministic Quantum Polynomial)-hard class by
Foragivenpolynomialquantumgatesequencex(U)ofa reducing it to a NQP-Complete problem, the exact non-
generalunitaryoperationU onH⊗n, wecanalwayscon- identitycheckproblem[6]oflargeunitarygatesequences.
struct a corresponding quantum gate sequence z(C ) of The exact non-identity check problem is defined by the
U
acontrolledunitaryoperationC onH⊗(n+1) byadding following. Letxbeaquantumgatesequenceimplement-
U
a control qubit in front of original qubits, replacing all ing a unitary operation U with an ancilla system, decide
the gate elements by controlled-gate operations and fur- whether U is proportional to the identity operation, i.e.,
ther decomposing them into elementary gate operations. U = eiθI, or not. It is proven in Ref. [6] that computa-
This procedure can be completed in polynomial steps in tionalcomplexityoftheexactnon-identitycheckproblem
|x(U)|. Note that the restricted quantum gate sequence isNQP-Complete[7]. TheclassNQPisconsideredtobe
z(C ) can be also constructed from x(eiθI).[5] oneofthenaturalextensionsoftheclassNPtoquantum
I
We consider that a quantum gate sequence x(I) ∈ computational complexity.
g (I) is given by a non-trivial combination of elemen- To apply the algorithm A to the exact non-identity
p(n)
tarygatesandwefurtherapplyaquantumgatesequence check problem, we introduce a modified non-identity
ofaunitaryoperationV actingonlyonthecontrolqubit check problem by extending a quantum gate sequence
(the first qubit) Hilbert space H . We compare the x(U) on H⊗n into a restricted quantum gate sequence
control
quantum gate sequences of (V ⊗I)C and C (V ⊗I). z(C ) on H⊗(n+1). Then we apply two unitary opera-
I I U
If there exists a random shuffling algorithm in polyno- tions V and V on H (the controlled qubit) from the
L R
mial time, both sets are given by g(V ⊗I) and they are lefthandsideandtherighthandsideof C . Theresult-
U
identical. Thus, after the random shuffling process, we ing operation is written by C(cid:48) = (V ⊗I)C (V ⊗I).
U L U R
cannot distinguish whether the quantum gate sequence SimilarlytoEq.(1),thisoperationtransformsC(cid:48) (|φ (cid:105)⊗
U i
of V was originally applied from the right-hand side of |ϕ(cid:105)) = |φ(cid:48)(cid:105)⊗Ui|ϕ(cid:105) for an arbitrary input state |ϕ(cid:105) ∈
i
the controlled identity or from the left-hand side. Infor- H⊗n, where i ∈ {0,1}, |φ (cid:105) = V †|i(cid:105) and |φ(cid:48)(cid:105) = V |i(cid:105)
i R i L
mationof theposition ofV is lost. This informationloss forasingle-qubitkeystate. (NotethatUidenotestheith
is a key idea for our security proof. power U and it is different from U .) We state the mod-
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However, the existence of a completely-random gate ified non-identity check problem as the following: Given