Patent ID: 7525202

Claim:
A method for encrypting plain text using quantum computations, the method comprising: identifying a first quantum state of a lattice having a system of non-abelian anyons disposed thereon, wherein the non-abelian anyons are least-energy excitations of a system of real particles that forms the lattice; moving the non-abelian anyons within the lattice to cause a first quantum braid to be formed in the 2D+1-dimensional of the lattice, the first quantum braid corresponding to the plain text; moving the non-abelian anyons within the lattice to cause a second quantum braid to be formed in the 2D+1-dimensional space-time of the lattice, the second quantum braid corresponding to an encryption key; and determining a second quantum state of the lattice after the first and second quantum braids have been formed, the second quantum state of the lattice corresponding to encrypted text associated with the plain text.