Fast physical random number generator using amplified spontaneous emission

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 23584-23597

  Williams, Caitlin R S ^a,b   Salevan, Julia C ^a   Li, Xiaowen ^b,c   Roy, Rajarshi ^a,b   Murphy, Thomas E ^b,d  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; FIBER AMPLIFIERS; NUMBER THEORY; QUANTUM THEORY; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; STATISTICAL TESTS;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSIONS; ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTERS; BIT STREAM; CHAOTIC LASERS; FLUCTUATING SIGNALS; HIGH-SPEED; INCOHERENT LIGHT; PARALLEL CHANNEL; PHOTON COUNTING ELECTRONICS; PHYSICAL PROCESS; PHYSICAL RANDOM NUMBERS; QUANTUM MECHANICAL; THRESHOLD DETECTION;

RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION;

EID: 78149440507     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.023584     Document Type: Article

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