Optical Quantum Random Number Generator

André Stefanov; Nicolas Gisin; Olivier Guinnard; Laurent Guinnard; Hugo Zbinden

doi:10.1080/09500340008233380

Optical Quantum Random Number Generator

Quantum Physics 2015-06-26 v1

Authors: André Stefanov , Nicolas Gisin , Olivier Guinnard , Laurent Guinnard , Hugo Zbinden

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Abstract

A physical random number generator based on the intrinsic randomness of quantum mechanics is described. The random events are realized by the choice of single photons between the two outputs of a beamsplitter. We present a simple device, which minimizes the impact of the photon counters' noise, dead-time and after pulses.

Keywords

random number generation quantum mechanics quantum computing

Cite

@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9907006,
  title  = {Optical Quantum Random Number Generator},
  author = {André Stefanov and Nicolas Gisin and Olivier Guinnard and Laurent Guinnard and Hugo Zbinden},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9907006},
  year   = {2015}
}

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3 pages + 1 figure

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