Study On Optical Communications, Volume. 49, Issue 1, 47(2023)

Random Number Generation by Mode Hopping of VCSEL Using Optical Feedback

Yu-ling ZHANG1... Pu LI1,2,3,*, Zhi-qiang XIA1, Chao-jie CHEN1, Li MA4 and Bing-jie XU4 |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Key Laboratory of Advanced Transducers and Intelligent Control System, Ministry of Education, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
  • 2School of Information Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
  • 3Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Photonics Information Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
  • 4Science and Technology on Communication Security Laboratory, Chengdu 610041, China
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    Recent research results show that great progress has been made in improving the generation rate of physical random numbers. However, there are still some defects such as complex generation process and large volume. To solve these problems, this paper theoretically proposes a scheme for generating random numbers using mode hopping of Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) with optical feedback. The VCSEL is perturbed by the optical feedback to generate the mode hopping. The square wave signal then modulates the injection current, periodically restarts the VCSEL to switch from the non-emitting state to the mode hopping state, and finally outputs a random pulse sequence to realize the random number generation. The results of this paper show that unbiased random numbers with verified randomness can be generated continuously at a rate of the order of Gbit/s. Our scheme eliminates the need for optoelectronic conversion and post-processing operations, simplifing the current random number generation structure, which has the potential to realize a low-cost photonic integrated random number generator.

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    Yu-ling ZHANG, Pu LI, Zhi-qiang XIA, Chao-jie CHEN, Li MA, Bing-jie XU. Random Number Generation by Mode Hopping of VCSEL Using Optical Feedback[J]. Study On Optical Communications, 2023, 49(1): 47

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    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Apr. 30, 2022

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Feb. 15, 2023

    The Author Email: LI Pu (lipu8603@126.com)

    DOI:10.13756/j.gtxyj.2023.01.005

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