Bistable vertical cavity laser as a truly random number generator

Author

Chizhevsky, V.N. ; Horoshko, D.B. ; Pustakhod, D.I. ; Kilin, S.Ya.

Author_Institution

NASB, Minsk

fYear

2007

fDate

17-22 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

In this report we present a comprehensive statistical analysis of experimentally measured time intervals between spontaneous polarization switchings in a bistable VCSEL from standpoint of a possibility to generate random numbers. We propose an effective and robust algorithm of conversion of residence times into truly random binary numbers. This algorithm allows one to avoid the problem of biasing in the output bit stream as well as to obtain low correlation between bits.

Keywords

laser cavity resonators; optical bistability; random number generation; statistical analysis; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; bistable vertical cavity laser; bit stream; random binary numbers; random number generator; spontaneous polarization switching; statistical analysis; Laser theory; Polarization; Probability distribution; Random number generation; Robustness; Sampling methods; Surface emitting lasers; Testing; Time measurement; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4385929

Filename

4385929