Operation of an Electrical-Only-Contact Photonic Integrated Chip for Quantum Random Number Generation Using Laser Gain-Switching

We present the results of the detected voltage distribution of a quantum random number generator (QRNG) based on a photonic integrated circuit comprising a semiconductor laser, delay interferometer and photodetector. We find that the integrated QRNG system behaves as expected for a QRNG from discret...

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Main Authors: Seán Ó Dúill, Leidy Rodriguez, David Alvarez-Outerelo, Francisco J. Diaz-Otero, Ankit Sharma, Frank Smyth, Liam P. Barry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-10-01
Series:Optics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2673-3269/4/4/40