Statistical evaluation of a superconductive physical random number generator

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E93-C, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 453-457

  Sugiura, Tatsuro ^a   Yamanashi, Yuki ^a   Yoshikawa, Yamanashi ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Comparator; Josephson junction; Random number; Single flux quantum circuit

Indexed keywords

COMPARATORS (OPTICAL); CRYPTOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; NUMBER THEORY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTUM OPTICS; STATISTICAL TESTS; TESTING;

CRYPTOGRAPHIC APPLICATIONS; JOSEPHSON-JUNCTION; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY; PHYSICAL RANDOM NUMBER GENERATORS; RANDOM NUMBER GENERATORS; RANDOM NUMBERS; SINGLE FLUX QUANTUM CIRCUIT; STATISTICAL EVALUATION;

RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION;

EID: 77952976263     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: 17451353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1587/transele.E93.C.453     Document Type: Article

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