1. Quantum random number generator based on silicon nanocrystals LED
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Georg Pucker, Alessio Meneghetti, Zahra Bisadi, Paolo Bettotti, Giorgio Fontana, and Lorenzo Pavesi
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Materials science ,Silicon ,business.industry ,chemistry.chemical_element ,law.invention ,chemistry ,law ,Electronic engineering ,Optoelectronics ,NIST ,Hardware random number generator ,Silicon nanocrystals ,business ,Randomness ,Light-emitting diode - Abstract
We present a post-processing free quantum random number generator (QRNG) based on silicon nanocrystals (Si-NCs) LEDs as a source of randomness. The relatively simple setup for data extraction, a negligible bias measured from the datasets and applying no post-processing operations to the raw data are the main advantages of this QRNG . The obtained bit sequences pass all the NIST tests and the highest bit-rate achieved is 0.6 Mbps.
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- 2015
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