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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Our ability to trust that a random number is truly random is essential for
fields as diverse as cryptography and fundamental tests of quantum mechanics.
Existing solutions both come with drawbacks—device-independent quantum random
number generators (QRNGs) are highly impractical and standard semi-device-independent
QRNGs are limited to a specific physical implementation and level of trust. Here
we propose a framework for semi-device-independent randomness certification, using
a source of trusted vacuum in the form of a signal shutter. It employs a flexible
set of assumptions and levels of trust, allowing it to be applied in a wide range
of physical scenarios involving both quantum and classical entropy sources. We
experimentally demonstrate our protocol with a photonic setup and generate secure
random bits under three different assumptions with varying degrees of security
and resulting data rates.
acknowledgement: We would like to thank Robert Fickler for discussions about the experimental
realization and Marek Sýs for running the NIST randomness test on the data we acquired
in the experiment. We would like to thank Ugo Zanforlin, Gerald Buller, Daniel White,
and Cristian Bonato for their help with the experiment. M. Pivoluska, M. Plesch,
and M.M. acknowledge Czech-Austrian project MultiQUEST (I3053-N27 and GF17-33780L).
M. Pivoluska and M. Plesch additionally acknowledge the support of VEGA project
2/0136/19. M.F. acknowledges support from the Polish NCN grant Sonata UMO-2014/14/E/ST2/00020,
the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research
and innovation program ERC AdG CERQUTE (grant agreement No 834266), the State Research
Agency (AEI) TRANQI (PID2019-106888GB-I00/10.13039/501100011033), the Government
of Spain (FIS2020-TRANQI; Severo Ochoa CEX2019-000910-S), Fundació Cellex, Fundació
Mir-Puig, and Generalitat de Catalunya (CERCA, AGAUR). M.M., W.M., N.H.V., and C.F.
acknowledge support from the QuantERA ERA-NET Co-fund (FWF Project I3773-N36) and
the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) (EP/P024114/1).
article_number: '50'
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author:
- first_name: Matej
full_name: Pivoluska, Matej
last_name: Pivoluska
- first_name: Martin
full_name: Plesch, Martin
last_name: Plesch
- first_name: Máté
full_name: Farkas, Máté
last_name: Farkas
- first_name: Natalia
full_name: Ruzickova, Natalia
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last_name: Ruzickova
- first_name: Clara
full_name: Flegel, Clara
last_name: Flegel
- first_name: Natalia Herrera
full_name: Valencia, Natalia Herrera
last_name: Valencia
- first_name: Will
full_name: Mccutcheon, Will
last_name: Mccutcheon
- first_name: Mehul
full_name: Malik, Mehul
last_name: Malik
- first_name: Edgar A.
full_name: Aguilar, Edgar A.
last_name: Aguilar
citation:
ama: Pivoluska M, Plesch M, Farkas M, et al. Semi-device-independent random number
generation with flexible assumptions. npj Quantum Information. 2021;7.
doi:10.1038/s41534-021-00387-1
apa: Pivoluska, M., Plesch, M., Farkas, M., Ruzickova, N., Flegel, C., Valencia,
N. H., … Aguilar, E. A. (2021). Semi-device-independent random number generation
with flexible assumptions. Npj Quantum Information. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41534-021-00387-1
chicago: Pivoluska, Matej, Martin Plesch, Máté Farkas, Natalia Ruzickova, Clara
Flegel, Natalia Herrera Valencia, Will Mccutcheon, Mehul Malik, and Edgar A. Aguilar.
“Semi-Device-Independent Random Number Generation with Flexible Assumptions.”
Npj Quantum Information. Springer Nature, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41534-021-00387-1.
ieee: M. Pivoluska et al., “Semi-device-independent random number generation
with flexible assumptions,” npj Quantum Information, vol. 7. Springer Nature,
2021.
ista: Pivoluska M, Plesch M, Farkas M, Ruzickova N, Flegel C, Valencia NH, Mccutcheon
W, Malik M, Aguilar EA. 2021. Semi-device-independent random number generation
with flexible assumptions. npj Quantum Information. 7, 50.
mla: Pivoluska, Matej, et al. “Semi-Device-Independent Random Number Generation
with Flexible Assumptions.” Npj Quantum Information, vol. 7, 50, Springer
Nature, 2021, doi:10.1038/s41534-021-00387-1.
short: M. Pivoluska, M. Plesch, M. Farkas, N. Ruzickova, C. Flegel, N.H. Valencia,
W. Mccutcheon, M. Malik, E.A. Aguilar, Npj Quantum Information 7 (2021).
date_created: 2021-03-21T23:01:19Z
date_published: 2021-03-15T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-08-07T14:17:26Z
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