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Sources of entangled electromagnetic radiation are a cornerstone in quantum information processing and offer unique opportunities for the study of quantum many-body physics in a controlled experimental setting. While multi-mode entangled…

We propose a method to realize a robust quantum random number generator based on bosonic stimulation. A particular implementation that employs weak coherent pulses and conventional avalanche photo-diode detectors (APDs) is discussed.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-02-03 H. Akshata Shenoy , S. Omkar , R. Srikanth , T. Srinivas

A source of entangled photons that emits one, and only one, pair of photons on demand has now been realized in a semiconductor chip. The solid-state source will be a useful resource for experiments in optical quantum information.

Popular Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 Chao-Yang Lu , Jian-Wei Pan

An approach for generating the entangled photonic states |F1,F2>+|F2,F1> from two arbitrary states |F1> and |F2> is proposed. The protocol is implemented by the conditionally induced beam-splitter coupling which leads to the selective…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-04-05 Anton V. Sharypov , Bing He

Random number generation is crucial in many aspects of everyday life, as online security and privacy depend ultimately on the quality of random numbers. Many current implementations are based on pseudo-random number generators, but…

Traditional quantum random number generators can produce only one type of random number, while the optimal distribution of random numbers for different applications is usually distinct. The typical solution to this challenge is either using…

Quantum Random Number Generators (QRNGs) emerged as a promising solution for generating truly random numbers. In the present article, we give an overview of QRNGs highlighting the merits and demerits of various strategies briefly. Then…

Entangled photons are widely used in quantum technologies. Many photonic experiments generate them with probabilistic photon-pair sources that can be modeled as squeeze operators. In practice, these sources are usually treated in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-05 Carlos Ruiz-Gonzalez , Mario Krenn , Xuemei Gu

We numerically study protocols consisting of repeated applications of two qubit gates used for generating random pure states. A necessary number of steps needed in order to generate states displaying bipartite entanglement typical of random…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-07-18 Marko Znidaric

Light-matter interactions with quantum dots have been extensively studied to harness key quantum properties of photons, such as indistinguishability and entanglement. In this theoretical work, we exploit the atomic-like four-level structure…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-18 Mohamed Meguebel , Maxime Federico , Simone Felicetti , Nadia Belabas , Nicolas Fabre

We present a random number generator based on quantum effects in photonic emission and detection. It is unique in simultaneous use of both spatial and temporal quantum information contained in the system which makes it resilient to hardware…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-21 Mario Stipčević , John Bowers

With the advancement of non-classical light sources such as single-photon and entangled-photon sources, innovative microscopy based on the quantum principles has been proposed over traditional microscopy. This paper introduces the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-08 Mousume Samad , Maki Shimizu , Yasuto Hijikata

Quantum states of light with many entangled photons are key resources for photonic quantum computing and quantum communication. In this work, we exploit a highly resource-efficient generation scheme based on a linear optical circuit…

Random numbers are a fundamental ingredient for many applications including simulation, modelling and cryptography. Sound random numbers should be independent and uniformly distributed. Moreover, for cryptographic applications they should…

This work reports on setup, characterisation and data processing of a true quantum random number generator. As a randomness source a pure quantum vacuum state of light is used, which is amplified by a laser beam. Performance and behaviour…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-12 Bastian Hacker

We report the first entanglement generation experiment using an on-chip slow light device. With highly efficient spontaneous four-wave mixing enhanced by the slow light effect in a coupled resonator optical waveguide based on a silicon…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-01-30 Hiroki Takesue , Nobuyuki Matsuda , Eiichi Kuramochi , Masaya Notomi

Random generation and confidential distribution of cryptographic keys are fundamental building blocks of secure communication. Using quantum states in which the transmitted quantum bit is entangled with a stationary memory quantum bit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-30 Pascal Kobel , Ralf A. Berner , Michael Köhl

A wide range of applications require, by hypothesis, to have access to a high-speed, private, and genuine random source. Quantum Random Number Generators (QRNGs) are currently the sole technology capable of producing true randomness.…

We present a quantum repeater scheme based on the recently proposed qubit amplifier [N. Gisin, S. Pironio and N. Sangouard, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 070501 (2010)]. It relies on a on-demand entangled-photon pair source which uses on-demand…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 Jiří Minář , Hugues de Riedmatten , Nicolas Sangouard

In a recent paper it has been shown how to create a quantum state related to the prime number sequence using Grover's algorithm. Moreover, its multiqubit entanglement was analyzed. In the present work, we compare the multiqubit entanglement…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-08-22 F. V. Mendes , R. V. Ramos