An optical chip for self-testing quantum random number generation

Autor: Nicolò Leone, Davide Rusca, Stefano Azzini, Giorgio Fontana, Fabio Acerbi, Alberto Gola, Alessandro Tontini, Nicola Massari, Hugo Zbinden, Lorenzo Pavesi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: APL Photonics, Vol 5, Iss 10, Pp 101301-101301-5 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2378-0967
DOI: 10.1063/5.0022526
Popis: We present an implementation of a semi-device-independent protocol of the generation of quantum random numbers in a fully integrated silicon chip. The system is based on a prepare-and-measure scheme, where we integrate a partially trusted source of photons and an untrusted single photon detector. The source is a silicon photomultiplier, which emits photons during the avalanche impact ionization process, while the detector is a single photon avalanche diode. The proposed protocol requires only a few and reasonable assumptions on the generated states. It is sufficient to measure the statistics of generation and detection in order to evaluate the min-entropy of the output sequence, conditioned on all possible classical side information. We demonstrate that this protocol, previously realized with a bulky laboratory setup, is totally applicable to a compact and fully integrated chip with an estimated throughput of 6 kHz of the certified quantum random bit rate.
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