Fast random number generation with bandwidth-enhanced chaotic semiconductor lasers at 8 × 50 Gb/s

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1042-1044

  Akizawa, Yasuhiro ^a   Yamazaki, Taiki ^a   Uchida, Atsushi ^a   Harayama, Takahisa ^b   Sunada, Satoshi ^b   Arai, Kenichi ^b   Yoshimura, Kazuyuki ^b   Davis, Peter ^b  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bandwidth enhancement; chaos; random number generation; semiconductor laser

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH ENHANCEMENT; CHAOTIC LASERS; CHAOTIC SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; EXCLUSIVE-OR; GENERATION RATE;

BANDWIDTH; CHAOS THEORY; RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 84861173938     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2012.2193388     Document Type: Article

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