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Review of Scientific Instruments

Multi-bit quantum random number generation by measuring positions of arrival photons

Qiurong Yan, Baosheng Zhao, Qinghong Liao, Nanrun Zhou

Published Oct 1, 2014• 42 citations
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Abstract

We report upon the realization of a novel multi-bit optical quantum random number generator by continuously measuring the arrival positions of photon emitted from a LED using MCP-based WSA photon counting imaging detector. A spatial encoding method is proposed to extract multi-bits random number from the position coordinates of each detected photon. The randomness of bits sequence relies on the intrinsic randomness of the quantum physical processes of photonic emission and subsequent photoelectric conversion. A prototype has been built and the random bit generation rate could reach 8 Mbit/s, with random bit generation efficiency of 16 bits per detected photon. FPGA implementation of Huffman coding is proposed to reduce the bias of raw extracted random bits. The random numbers passed all tests for physical random number generator.

DOI
10.1063/1.4897485

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