An ultrafast quantum random number generator based on quantum phase fluctuations

Details An ultrafast quantum random number generator based on quantum phase fluctuations An ultrafast quantum random number generator based on quantum phase fluctuations

2011-09-03

arxiv.org/abs/1109.0643v1

Physics

Quantum Physics

5 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

A quantum random number generator (QRNG) can generate true randomness by exploiting the fundamental indeterminism of quantum mechanics. Most approaches to QRNG employ single-photon detection technologies and are limited in speed. Here, we propose and experimentally demonstrate an ultrafast QRNG at a rate over 6 Gb/s based on the quantum phase fluctuations of a laser operating near threshold. Moreover, we consider a potential adversary who has partial knowledge on the raw data and discuss how one can rigorously remove such partial knowledge with post-processing. We quantify the quantum randomness through min-entropy by modeling our system, and employ two extractors, Trevisan's extractor and Toeplitz-hashing, to distill the randomness, which is information-theoretically provable. The simplicity and high-speed of our experimental setup show the feasibility of a robust, low-cost, high-speed QRNG.

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