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Tighter bound of quantum randomness certification for independent-devices scenario

Quantum random number generation attracts considerable attention, since its randomness inherently originates in quantum mechanics, but not mathematical assumptions. Randomness certification, e.g. entropy estimation, becomes a key issue in the context of quantum random number generation protocol. We...

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Autores principales: Fei, Xin-Wei, Yin, Zhen-Qiang, Huang, Wei, Xu, Bing-Jie, Wang, Shuang, Chen, Wei, Han, Yun-Guang, Guo, Guang-Can, Han, Zheng-Fu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5676969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29116193
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-15318-4
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Sumario:Quantum random number generation attracts considerable attention, since its randomness inherently originates in quantum mechanics, but not mathematical assumptions. Randomness certification, e.g. entropy estimation, becomes a key issue in the context of quantum random number generation protocol. We study a self-testing protocol based on dimension witness, with the assumption of independent devices. It addresses the random number extraction problem in a practical prepare-and-measure scenario with uncharacterized devices. However, the lower bound of min-entropy as a function of dimension witness is not tight in existing works. We present a tighter bound of analytic form, by introducing the Lagrangian multiplier method to closely analyze the optimization problem on average guessing probability. Through simulation, it turns out that a significantly higher random number generation rate can be achieved in practice.