Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

A simple low-latency real-time certifiable quantum random number generator

  • Yanbao Zhang,
  • Hsin-Pin Lo,
  • Alan Mink,
  • Takuya Ikuta,
  • Toshimori Honjo,
  • Hiroki Takesue,
  • William J. Munro

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21069-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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In quantum random number generation, one has generally to choose between high speed and strong security. Here, the authors show how to bound several adversarial imperfections on state preparation and measurement, generating 8192 secure random bits every 0.12 s in real time using a simple apparatus.