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Quantum Random Numbers generated by the Cloud Superconducting Quantum Computer

Quantum Physics 2021-03-23 v2 Cryptography and Security Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability Computation

Abstract

A cloud quantum computer is similar to a random number generator in that its physical mechanism is inaccessible to its users. In this respect, a cloud quantum computer is a black box. In both devices, its users decide the device condition from the output. A framework to achieve this exists in the field of random number generation in the form of statistical tests for random number generators. In the present study, we generated random numbers on a 20-qubit cloud quantum computer and evaluated the condition and stability of its qubits using statistical tests for random number generators. As a result, we observed that some qubits were more biased than others. Statistical tests for random number generators may provide a simple indicator of qubit condition and stability, enabling users to decide for themselves which qubits inside a cloud quantum computer to use.

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@article{arxiv.1906.04410,
  title  = {Quantum Random Numbers generated by the Cloud Superconducting Quantum Computer},
  author = {Kentaro Tamura and Yutaka Shikano},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.04410},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

21 pages, 5 figures, submitted to the paper in Book "Mathematics, Quantum Theory, and Cryptography" Mathematics for Industry, Springer. In the revised manuscript, the results of the simulator with the noise parameters were added