Real-Time Massive Parallel Generation of Physical Random Bits Using Weak-Resonant-Cavity Fabry-Perot Laser Diodes

Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate a scheme for generating massively parallel and real-time physical random bits (PRBs) by using weak-resonant-cavity Fabry-Perot laser diodes (WRC-FPLDs) with optical feedback. By using external optical feedback to modify the nonlinear dynamic behavior of the longitudinal modes in WRC-FPLDs, the chaotic behavior of each channel can be induced under suitable feedback strength. By filtering these longitudinal modes, a real-time PRBs at 10 Gbits/s can be generated by using field programmable gate array (FPGA) board for the real-time post-processing of a single-channel chaotic signal. Considering the presence of up to 70 longitudinal modes within a broad spectral range exceeding 40 nm, each of these modes can be used to extract chaotic time sequences for random number generation. Therefore, our PRB generation scheme has the potential to achieve a data throughput of over 700 Gbits/s.

Keywords

• physical random bits (PRBs)
• weak-resonant-cavity Fabry-Perot laser diode (WRC-FPLD)
• optic feedback
• FPGA