Certified randomness amplification by dynamically probing remote random quantum states
Abstract
Cryptography depends on truly unpredictable numbers, but physical sources emit biased or correlated bits. Quantum mechanics enables the amplification of imperfect randomness into nearly perfect randomness, but prior demonstrations have required physically co-located, loophole-free Bell tests, constraining the feasibility of remote operation. Here we realize certified randomness amplification across a network by dynamically probing large, entangled quantum states on Quantinuum's 98-qubit Helios trapped-ion quantum processor. Our protocol is secure even if the remote device acts maliciously or is compromised by an intercepting adversary, provided the samples are generated quickly enough to preclude classical simulation of the quantum circuits. We stream quantum gates in real time to the quantum processor, maintain quantum state coherence for seconds, and then reveal the measurement bases to the quantum processor only milliseconds before measurement. This limits the time for classical spoofing to 30 ms and constrains the location of hypothetical adversaries to a km radius. We achieve a fidelity of 0.586 on random circuits with 64 qubits and 276 two-qubit gates, enabling the amplification of realistic imperfect randomness with a low entropy rate into nearly perfect randomness.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2511.03686,
title = {Certified randomness amplification by dynamically probing remote random quantum states},
author = {Minzhao Liu and Pradeep Niroula and Matthew DeCross and Cameron Foreman and Wen Yu Kon and Ignatius William Primaatmaja and M. S. Allman and J. P. Campora and Akhil Isanaka and Kartik Singhal and Omar Amer and Shouvanik Chakrabarti and Kaushik Chakraborty and Samuel F. Cooper and Robert D. Delaney and Joan M. Dreiling and Brian Estey and Caroline Figgatt and Cameron Foltz and John P. Gaebler and Alex Hall and Zichang He and Craig A. Holliman and Travis S. Humble and Shih-Han Hung and Ali A. Husain and Yuwei Jin and Fatih Kaleoglu and Colin J. Kennedy and Nikhil Kotibhaskar and Nathan K. Lysne and Ivaylo S. Madjarov and Michael Mills and Alistair R. Milne and Kevin Milner and Louis Narmour and Sivaprasad Omanakuttan and Annie J. Park and Michael A. Perlin and Adam P. Reed and Chris N. Self and Matthew Steinberg and David T. Stephen and Joseph Sullivan and Alex Chernoguzov and Florian J. Curchod and Anthony Ransford and Justin G. Bohnet and Brian Neyenhuis and Michael Foss-Feig and Rob Otter and Ruslan Shaydulin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.03686},
year = {2025}
}