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Title: Quantum random number generators

Abstract

Random number generators include a thermal optical source and detector configured to produce random numbers based on quantum-optical intensity fluctuations. An optical flux is detected, and signals proportional to optical intensity and a delayed optical intensity are combined. The combined signals can be electrical signals or optical signals, and the optical source is selected so as to have low coherence over a predetermined range of delay times. Balanced optical detectors can be used to reduce common mode noise, and in some examples, the optical flux is directed to only one of a pair of balanced detectors.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1462695
Patent Number(s):
10019235
Application Number:
14/812,623
Assignee:
Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
H - ELECTRICITY H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
DOE Contract Number:  
AC52-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2015 Jul 29
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING

Citation Formats

Nordholt, Jane Elizabeth, Hughes, Richard John, Newell, Raymond Thorson, Peterson, Charles Glen, and Rosiewicz, Alexander. Quantum random number generators. United States: N. p., 2018. Web.
Nordholt, Jane Elizabeth, Hughes, Richard John, Newell, Raymond Thorson, Peterson, Charles Glen, & Rosiewicz, Alexander. Quantum random number generators. United States.
Nordholt, Jane Elizabeth, Hughes, Richard John, Newell, Raymond Thorson, Peterson, Charles Glen, and Rosiewicz, Alexander. Tue . "Quantum random number generators". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1462695.
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