True random numbers from amplified quantum vacuum

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 20665-20672

  Jofre, M ^a   Curty, M ^b   Steinlechner, F ^a   Anzolin, G ^a   Torres, J P ^a,c   Mitchell, M W ^a   Pruneri, V ^a,d  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMBER THEORY; OPTICAL FIBERS; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; VACUUM; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

10 GBPS; BIT RATES; BROAD BANDS; HIGH-SPEED MODULATION; OPTICAL AMPLIFICATIONS; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; OPTICAL FIBER TELECOMMUNICATION; PSEUDO RANDOM; QUANTUM RANDOMNESS; QUANTUM VACUUM; RANDOM BITS; RANDOM NUMBER GENERATORS; RANDOM NUMBERS; SECURE COMMUNICATIONS; VACUUM FLUCTUATIONS;

RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION;

EID: 80054035081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.020665     Document Type: Article

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