Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 42, Issue 23, 2327003(2022)

Multiplex Real-Time and High-Efficiency Post-Processing in 10 Gbit/s Quantum Random Number Generation

Jiangjiang Zhang1,2, Yanqiang Guo1,2、*, Zhicang Zheng1, Fading Lin1, and Xiaomin Guo1,2
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  • 1Key Laboratory of Advanced Transducers and Intelligent Control System, Ministry of Education, College of Physics and Optoelectronics, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, Shanxi , China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Cryptology, Beijing 100878, China
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    In order to realize the real-time, secure, and high-speed post-processing for quantum random number generation, this work experimentally takes four independent high-frequency sideband modes from quantum vacuum noise as entropy sources using balanced homodyne measurement. In addition, the paper performs four-channel parallel extraction under a sampling rate of 240 MSa/s and 16-bit analog-to-digital conversion in each channel and achieves multiplex real-time, and high-speed Toeplitz-Hash post-processing in a field programmable gate array (FPGA). The large-scale Toeplitz matrix is decomposed, and multi-cycle distributed processing is performed to ensure the stable operation of hardware. Furthermore, the paper investigates the hardware resource occupancy rate of secure post-processing with different matrix sizes and channel numbers, and finally realizes four-channel Toeplitz-Hash post-processing with an FPGA logical resource occupancy rate of 62% and quantum random number generation with a real-time rate of 10.44 Gbit/s. The cross correlation and mutual information of quantum random numbers between every two channels are below 10-3 and 10-6, respectively, and the accumulatively generated quantum random numbers pass the NIST, Diehard, and TestU01 tests. Therefore, this work provides important support for the practical applications of quantum random numbers in high-speed and secure communication.

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    Jiangjiang Zhang, Yanqiang Guo, Zhicang Zheng, Fading Lin, Xiaomin Guo. Multiplex Real-Time and High-Efficiency Post-Processing in 10 Gbit/s Quantum Random Number Generation[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2022, 42(23): 2327003

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    Paper Information

    Category: Quantum Optics

    Received: Apr. 21, 2022

    Accepted: Jun. 20, 2022

    Published Online: Dec. 14, 2022

    The Author Email: Guo Yanqiang (guoyanqiang@tyut.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202242.2327003

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