Abstract

Based on the novel enhanced quantum representation for quantum image (NEQR), a new blind quantum steganography scheme is proposed. In this scheme, an improved quantum representation of text utilizing ASCII is provided that uses two qubit sequences to store the same quantum text message. The general embedding process of the scheme is as follows: firstly, the cover image of sized 2<sup>n</sup> <sup>2</sup><sup>n</sup> will be divided into eight blocks of sized 2<sup>n</sup><sup>2</sup> <sup>2</sup><sup>n</sup><sup>1</sup> , and the secret quantum text of sized 2<sup>n</sup><sup>2</sup> <sup>2</sup><sup>n</sup><sup>1</sup> is scrambled by Gray code transform method. Then, the disorder quantum text is embedded into the eight blocks of cover image employing the Gray code as a judgment condition. Meanwhile, the corresponding quantum circuits are drawn. Through the analysis of all quantum circuits, it can be concluded that the scheme has a lower complexity, that is, O(n). And the performance of the proposed scheme is analyzing in terms of simulation results of three items: visual quality, circuit complexity, and robustness.

Keywords: quantum steganography, quantum text, ASCII, Gray code, quantum circuit
