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Vestnik S.-Petersburg Univ. Ser. 10. Prikl. Mat. Inform. Prots. Upr., 2024 Volume 20, Issue 2, Pages 136–153 (Mi vspui615)

Applied mathematics

Mathematical model of random number generator based on vacuum fluctuations

A. A. Gaidasha, R. K. Goncharova, A. V. Kozubova, P. V. Yakovlevb

a University ITMO, 49, Kronversky pr., St. Petersburg, 197101, Russian Federation
b St. Petersburg State University, 7–9, Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation

Abstract: A mathematical model of quantum random number generator based on vacuum fluctuations is considered. A mathematical justification for the "randomness’’ of the generated sequence is given under the assumption of the truth of the basic postulates of quantum theory and the validity of the Poisson probability distribution for the photon flux. The results of experiments and the obtained estimates of the minimum entropy are presented.

Keywords: quantum random number generator, minimal entropy estimation, vacuum fluctuations.

UDC: 519.676, 519.24

MSC: 65C10

Received: February 9, 2024
Accepted: March 12, 2024

DOI: 10.21638/spbu10.2024.202



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