articleNature CommunicationsApr 7, 2023GOLD OA

Meta-optics empowered vector visual cryptography for high security and rapid decryption

FZFei ZhangYGYinghui GuoMPMingbo PuLCLianwei ChenMXMingfeng Xu

Chinese Academy of Sciences · Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences · +1 more institution

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Abstract

Optical encryption is a promising approach to protecting secret information owing to the advantages of low-power consumption, parallel, high-speed, and multi-dimensional processing capabilities. Nevertheless, conventional strategies generally suffer from bulky system volume, relatively low security level, redundant measurement, and/or requirement of digital decryption algorithms. Here, we propose a general optical security strategy dubbed meta-optics-empowered vector visual cryptography, which fully exploits the abundant degrees of freedom of light as well as the spatial dislocation as key parameters, significantly upgrading the security level. We also demonstrate a decryption meta-camera that can implement…

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  • Computer science
  • Cryptography
  • Encryption
  • Visual cryptography
  • Information security
  • Key (lock)
  • Exploit
  • Computer security
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