https://doi.org/10.1140/epjqt/s40507-024-00221-5
Research
Mbit/s-range alkali vapour spin noise quantum random number generators
1
Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Jadranska 19, SI-1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
3
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Tržaška cesta 25, SI-1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
a
matija@koterle.com
g
rok.zitko@ijs.si
h
peter.jeglic@ijs.si
Received:
16
June
2023
Accepted:
7
February
2024
Published online:
19
February
2024
Spin noise based quantum random number generators first appeared in 2008 and have since then garnered little further interest, in part because their bit rate is limited by the transverse relaxation time 
which for coated alkali vapour cells is typically in the kbit/s range. Here we present two advances. The first is an improved bit generation protocol that allows generating bits at rates exceeding 
with only a minor increase of serial correlations. The second is a significant reduction of the time itself by removing the coating, increasing the vapour temperature and introducing a magnetic-field gradient. In this way we managed to increase the bit generation rate to 1.04 Mbit/s. We analyse the quality of the generated random bits using entropy estimation and we discuss the extraction methods to obtain high-entropy bitstreams. We accurately predict the entropy output of the device backed with a stochastic model and numerical simulations.
Key words: Quantum random number generator / Entropy extraction / Stochastic modelling / Spin noise spectroscopy
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