Bionic optical physical unclonable functions for authentication and encryption

Autor: Kun Chen, Pidong Wang, Jun Yuan, Jianbin Kang, Yongbiao Wan, Song Sun, Yao Yao, Taiping Zhang, Zhiguang Qiu, Qian Li, Dong Li, Huang Feng
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 9:13200-13208
ISSN: 2050-7534
2050-7526
DOI: 10.1039/d1tc02883a
Popis: Information security is of great importance for modern society with all things connected. Physical unclonable function (PUF) as a promising hardware primitive has been intensively studied for information security. However, the widely investigated silicon PUF with low entropy is vulnerable to various attacks. Herein, we introduce a concept of bionic optical PUFs inspired from unique biological architectures, and fabricate four types of bionic PUFs by molding the surface micro-nano structures of natural plant tissues with a simple, low-cost, green and environmentally friendly manufacturing process. The laser speckle responses of all bionic PUFs are statistically demonstrated to be random, unique, unpredictable and robust enough for cryptographic applications, indicating the broad applicability of bionic PUFs. On this ground, the feasibility of implementing bionic PUFs as cryptographic primitives in entity authentication and encrypted communication is experimentally validated, which shows its promising potential in the application of future information security.
Databáze: OpenAIRE