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Micro-LED-based high-speed quantum random number generator

Heming Lin, Hang Lu, Matthew S. Wong, Abdullah S. Almogbel, A. Alyamani, Tien Khee Ng, Osman M. Bakr, Shuji Nakamura, Steven P. DenBaars, Boon Siew Ooi

Published Jan 1, 2025• 0 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrate the first micro-LED-(10×10 μm2)-based quantum-random-number generator at 9.375 Gb/s and 0.2 pJ/bit, which successfully passes NIST randomness test. The high generation rate and low power consumption are beneficial for low-cost quantum communications.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_at.2025.aa105_1

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