Unbiased Quantum Random-Number Generation by Use of Photon-Number-Resolving Detection up to 30 Photons
Miller Eaton, Amr Hossameldin, Christopher C. Gerry, Richard J. Birrittella, Paul M. Alsing, Olivier Pfister · Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics · 2022
We experimentally demonstrate an unbiased all-optical random number gen-erator using coherent light and photon-number-resolved detection of up to 30 photons. Our method requires no de-biasing algorithms and is robust to environmental noise and laser fluctuations.