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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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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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author | Fei, Xin-Wei Yin, Zhen-Qiang Huang, Wei Xu, Bing-Jie Wang, Shuang Chen, Wei Han, Yun-Guang Guo, Guang-Can Han, Zheng-Fu |
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description | 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. |
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spelling | pubmed-56769692017-11-15 Tighter bound of quantum randomness certification for independent-devices scenario Fei, Xin-Wei Yin, Zhen-Qiang Huang, Wei Xu, Bing-Jie Wang, Shuang Chen, Wei Han, Yun-Guang Guo, Guang-Can Han, Zheng-Fu Sci Rep Article 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. Nature Publishing Group UK 2017-11-07 /pmc/articles/PMC5676969/ /pubmed/29116193 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-15318-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Article Fei, Xin-Wei Yin, Zhen-Qiang Huang, Wei Xu, Bing-Jie Wang, Shuang Chen, Wei Han, Yun-Guang Guo, Guang-Can Han, Zheng-Fu Tighter bound of quantum randomness certification for independent-devices scenario |
title | Tighter bound of quantum randomness certification for independent-devices scenario |
title_full | Tighter bound of quantum randomness certification for independent-devices scenario |
title_fullStr | Tighter bound of quantum randomness certification for independent-devices scenario |
title_full_unstemmed | Tighter bound of quantum randomness certification for independent-devices scenario |
title_short | Tighter bound of quantum randomness certification for independent-devices scenario |
title_sort | tighter bound of quantum randomness certification for independent-devices scenario |
topic | Article |
url | 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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