Email this article A Quantum Random Number Generator Based on the 100-Mbit/s Poisson Photocount Statistics
- Authors: Balygin K.A.1,2, Zaitsev V.I.1,2, Klimov A.N.1,3,2, Kulik S.P.1,2, Molotkov S.N.4,5,6,2
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Affiliations:
- Department of Physics
- Quantum Technologies Center
- Prokhorov General Physics Institute
- Institute of Solid State Physics
- Academy of Cryptography of the Russian Federation
- Department of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics
- Issue: Vol 126, No 6 (2018)
- Pages: 728-740
- Section: Atoms, Molecules, Optics
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1063-7761/article/view/193177
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063776118060018
- ID: 193177
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Abstract
A quantum random number generator is experimentally realized. The initial randomness source is a sequence of photocounts from quasi-single-photon radiation detected with a SiPM (Silicon Photo Multiplier) silicon avalanche detector array. The use of a SiPM provides a reliable control of the quantum nature of the Poisson photocount statistics. A special algorithm with nonexponential complexity allows one to extract from the Poisson process all the randomness contained in it, namely, a random uniform sequence of 0 and 1.
About the authors
K. A. Balygin
Department of Physics; Quantum Technologies Center
Email: Sergei.Molotkov@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119899; Moscow, 119899
V. I. Zaitsev
Department of Physics; Quantum Technologies Center
Email: Sergei.Molotkov@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119899; Moscow, 119899
A. N. Klimov
Department of Physics; Prokhorov General Physics Institute; Quantum Technologies Center
Email: Sergei.Molotkov@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119899; Moscow, 119991; Moscow, 119899
S. P. Kulik
Department of Physics; Quantum Technologies Center
Email: Sergei.Molotkov@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119899; Moscow, 119899
S. N. Molotkov
Institute of Solid State Physics; Academy of Cryptography of the Russian Federation; Department of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics; Quantum Technologies Center
Author for correspondence.
Email: Sergei.Molotkov@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Chernogolovka, Moscow oblast, 142432; Moscow, 121552; Moscow, 119899; Moscow, 119899
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