PIC technology offers a way to integrate photonic components — such as the lasers and detectors used by the new
quantum random generator — onto a chip with a small footprint and low power consumption.
Not exact matches
A
random number
generator that harnesses the
quantum fluctuations in empty space could soon sit inside your computer.
Existing
quantum random number
generators are only as reliable as their parts.
«New chip could bring highest level of encryption to any mobile device: First use of
quantum technology to create a
random number
generator that is both tiny and fast.»
Although other researchers have developed
quantum random number
generators, they have all been either larger or slower than the device reported in the Optica paper.
For the first time, engineers have developed a fast
random number
generator based on a
quantum mechanical process that could deliver the world's most secure encryption keys in a package tiny enough to use in a mobile device.
The new work represents a key advancement on the path to incorporating
quantum - based
random number
generators — delivering the highest quality numbers and thus the highest level of security — into computers, tablets and mobile phones.