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Conjugate coding

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A cryptographic tool, introduced by Stephen Wiesner as conjugate coding, was later introduced to the world of public-key cryptography as Oblivious Transfer, first by Rabin (in a slightly different flavour) and then by Even.

It is used in the field of Quantum Computing.