Ultrahigh-speed random number generation based on a chaotic semiconductor laser.
The fluctuating intensity of a chaotic semiconductor laser is used for generating random sequences at rates up to 12.5 Gbits/s. The conversion of the fluctuating intensity to a random bit sequence can be implemented in either software or hardware and the overall rate of generation is much faster than any previously reported random number generator based on a physical mechanism. The generator's simplicity, robustness, and insensitivity to control parameters should enable its application to tasks of secure communication and calculation procedures requiring ultrahigh-speed generation of random bit sequences.
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Jack and Pearl Resnick Institute for Advanced Science and Technology and Department of Physics, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, 52900 Israel.
Aviad
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Rosenbluh
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Kanter
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