A polarisation based Visual Crypto System and its Secret Sharing Schemes

P.  Tuyls; H. D. L.  Hollmann; J. H. v.  Lint; L.  Tolhuizen

Paper 2002/194

A polarisation based Visual Crypto System and its Secret Sharing Schemes

P. Tuyls, H. D. L. Hollmann, J. H. v. Lint, and L. Tolhuizen

Abstract

In this paper, we present a new visual crypto system based on the polarisation of light and investigate the existence and structure of the associated threshold visual secret sharing schemes. It is shown that very efficient $(n,n)$ schemes exist and that $(2,n)$ schemes are equivalent to binary codes. The existence of $(k,n)$ schemes is shown in general by two explicit constructions. Finally, bounds on the physical properties as contrast and resolution are derived.

Metadata

Available format(s): PS
Category: Secret-key cryptography
Publication info: Published elsewhere. Unknown where it was published
Keywords: Light Polarisation XOR (MDS) codes Threshold Visual Secret Sharing Schemes
Contact author(s): pim tuyls @ philips com
History: 2002-12-23: received
Short URL: https://ia.cr/2002/194
License: CC BY

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2002/194,
      author = {P.  Tuyls and H. D. L.  Hollmann and J. H. v.  Lint and L.  Tolhuizen},
      title = {A polarisation based Visual Crypto System and its Secret Sharing Schemes},
      howpublished = {Cryptology ePrint Archive, Paper 2002/194},
      year = {2002},
      note = {\url{https://eprint.iacr.org/2002/194}},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2002/194}
}