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OSA Advanced Photonics Congress

Integrated Quantum Entropy Sources

Carlos Abellán, Waldimar Amaya, Domenico Tulli, Morgan W. Mitchell, Valerio Pruneri

Published Jan 1, 2018• 0 citations
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Abstract

In this talk, we will discuss recent progress on the miniaturisation of quantum random number generators, including implementations of phase-diffusion quantum entropy sources in silicon photonics and indium phosphide platforms.
DOI
10.1364/iprsn.2018.iw2b.2

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