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Chinese Physics B

A hybrid-type quantum random number generator

Haiqiang Ma, Zhu Wu, Kejin Wei, Ruixue Li, Hongwei Liu

Published May 1, 2016• 1 citation
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Abstract

This paper proposes a well-performing hybrid-type truly quantum random number generator based on the time interval between two independent single-photon detection signals, which is practical and intuitive, and generates the initial random number sources from a combination of multiple existing random number sources. A time-to-amplitude converter and multichannel analyzer are used for qualitative analysis to demonstrate that each and every step is random. Furthermore, a carefully designed data acquisition system is used to obtain a high-quality random sequence. Our scheme is simple and proves that the random number bit rate can be dramatically increased to satisfy practical requirements.

DOI
10.1088/1674-1056/25/5/050304

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We present a simple and robust construction of a real-time quantum random number generator. Our minimalist approach ensures stable operation of the device as well as its simple and straightforward hardware implementation as a stand-alone module. As a source of randomness the device uses measurements of time intervals between clicks of a single-photon detector. The obtained raw sequence is then filtered and processed by a deterministic randomness extractor, which is realized as a look-up table. This enables high-speed on-the-fly processing without the need of extensive computations. The overall performance of the device is around 1 random bit per detector click, resulting in 1.2 Mbit/s generation rate in our implementation.
Quantum random number generators can provide genuine randomness by appealing to the fundamental principles of quantum mechanics.In general, a physical generator contains two parts-a randomness source and its readout.The source is essential to the quality of the resulting random numbers; hence, it needs to be carefully calibrated and modeled to achieve information-theoretical provable randomness.However, in practice, the source is a complicated physical system, such as a light source or an atomic ensemble, and any deviations in the real-life implementation from the theoretical model may affect the randomness of the output.To close this gap, we propose a source-independent scheme for quantum random number generation in which output randomness can be certified, even when the source is uncharacterized and untrusted.In our randomness analysis, we make no assumptions about the dimension of the source.For instance, multiphoton emissions are allowed in optical implementations.Our analysis takes into account the finite-key effect with the composable security definition.In the limit of large data size, the length of the input random seed is exponentially small compared to that of the output random bit.In addition, by modifying a quantum key distribution system, we experimentally demonstrate our scheme and achieve a randomness generation rate of over 5 × 10 3 bit=s.
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