Ultra-fast quantum randomness generation by accelerated phase diffusion in a pulsed laser diode

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1645-1654

  Abellan C ^a   Amaya, W ^a   Jofre, M ^a   Curty, M ^b   Acin A ^a,c   Capmany, J ^d   Pruneri, V ^a,c   Mitchell, M W ^a,c  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

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

^d ITEAM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCITATION RATE; GAIN SWITCHING; GAIN-SWITCHED DFB LASER; INTERFEROMETRIC DETECTION; PHASE DIFFUSIONS; QUANTUM RANDOM NUMBER GENERATORS; QUANTUM RANDOMNESS; UNBALANCED MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER;

DIFFUSION; RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION; RANDOM PROCESSES;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 84893411272     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.001645     Document Type: Conference Paper

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