Fast Physical Random Bit Generation Based on a Broadband Chaotic Entropy Source Originated From a Filtered Feedback WRC-FPLD

Abstract

Taking the broadband chaotic output from a weak-resonant-cavity Fabry-Perot laser diode (WRC-FPLD) under filtered feedback as a chaotic entropy source, we propose and experimentally demonstrate a scheme for generating fast physical random bits (PRBs) at a rate up to 240 Gbits/s. First, we investigate the dependence of the dynamical properties of the filtered feedback WRC-FPLD on the system parameters, and determine the optimized parameter region for generating wavelength-tunable and broadband chaotic signals. Second, a broadband chaotic signal with a bandwidth beyond 20 GHz output from the WRC-FPLD is sampled and transferred to a digital bit sequence by an 8-bit analog-to-digital converter at a rate of 40 GS/s. Finally, by utilizing multi-bit post-processing method, PRBs is generated at a rate up to 240 Gbits/s, which can pass all the 15 NIST statistics tests and meet the strict criteria of the statistical bias and the serial correlation coefficient.

Keywords

• Physical random bit (PRB)
• weak-resonant-cavity Fabry-Perot laser diode (WRC-FPLD)
• filtered feedback
• broadband chaotic entropy source.