Random number generation based on single-photon detectors

In quantum cryptography, random number generators play a crucial role in the quantum key distribution system. Only truly random numbers can be used as secured keys for encoding of information. This project makes use of the comparison of photon arrival times at a detector, accompanied with the Toepli...

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Main Author: Hong, Dominick.
Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-533432023-07-07T16:15:31Z Random number generation based on single-photon detectors Hong, Dominick. School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Network Technology Research Centre Luan Feng Lim Han Chuen DRNTU::Engineering In quantum cryptography, random number generators play a crucial role in the quantum key distribution system. Only truly random numbers can be used as secured keys for encoding of information. This project makes use of the comparison of photon arrival times at a detector, accompanied with the Toeplitz hashing algorithm to generate random bits. Apart from this, a new model to characterize afterpulsing probability was formulated. This has shed light on the main concerns faced when dealing with photo-detectors as well as the reasons that has caused non-randomness to the random number generator. Bachelor of Engineering 2013-05-31T07:27:28Z 2013-05-31T07:27:28Z 2013 2013 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/53343 en Nanyang Technological University 53 p. application/pdf
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Random number generation based on single-photon detectors
description In quantum cryptography, random number generators play a crucial role in the quantum key distribution system. Only truly random numbers can be used as secured keys for encoding of information. This project makes use of the comparison of photon arrival times at a detector, accompanied with the Toeplitz hashing algorithm to generate random bits. Apart from this, a new model to characterize afterpulsing probability was formulated. This has shed light on the main concerns faced when dealing with photo-detectors as well as the reasons that has caused non-randomness to the random number generator.
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title Random number generation based on single-photon detectors
title_short Random number generation based on single-photon detectors
title_full Random number generation based on single-photon detectors
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