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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2012
Applicants:
Nicolas Cerf, Brussels, BE;
Louis-philippe Lamoureux, Brussels, BE;
Julien Niset, Ixelles, BE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/58 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/588 (2013.01); H04L 9/0852 (2013.01); H04L 9/065 (2013.01);
Abstract
A quantum random number generation system includes a source of light output as a plurality of coherent states such that each state has an indeterminate number of photons, a photodetector arranged to receive the light output from the light source and to generate a photocurrent dependent on the number of photons in each coherent state, and processing circuitry connected to receive the photocurrent and arranged to convert it to generate a sequence of random numbers.