论文标题
随机数生成的多路复用量子隧道二极管
Multiplexing quantum tunneling diodes for random number generation
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论文摘要
随机数是现代科学和技术中应用必不可少的资源。因此，专用熵源是必不可少的，尤其是密码学任务和现代应用。在这项工作中，我们通过将八个隧道二极管在单个电路上取代，实验证明了一种生成随机数的方案。结果，随机数生成的数据速率显着提高到八倍。与使用一种二极管的原始方案相比，该多路复用方案产生了具有较高熵的数据。然后将这些数据与Toeplitz-Hashing提取器进行后处理，得出的最终产量几乎达到了全部熵，并满足了美国国家标准技术研究所（NIST）特别出版物800-90B验证。这些数据还通过了NIST特别出版物800-22统计随机性检查，并且没有从自相关分析中检测到的模式的迹象。
Random numbers are indispensable resources for application in modern science and technology. Therefore, a dedicate entropy source is essential, particularly cryptographic tasks and modern applications. In this work, we experimentally demonstrated a scheme to generate random numbers by multiplexing eight tunnel diodes onto a single circuit. As a result, the data rate of random number generation was significantly enhanced to eight folds. In comparison to the original scheme that employed one diode, this multiplexing scheme produced data with higher entropy. These data were then post-processed with the Toeplitz-hashing extractor, yielding final outputs that achieved almost full entropy and satisfied the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication 800-90B validation. These data also passed the NIST Special Publication 800-22 statistical randomness examination and had no sign of patterns detected from an autocorrelation analysis.
