RT Journal Article
T1 Chaos-based true random number generators
A1 López Bonilla, Luis Francisco
A1 Álvaro Ballesteros, Mariano
A1 Carretero Cerrajero, Manuel
AB Random number (bit) generators are crucial to secure communications, data transfer and storage, and electronic transactions, to carry out stochastic simulations and to many other applications. As software generated random sequences are not truly random, fast entropy sources such as quantum systems or classically chaotic systems can be viable alternatives provided they generate high-quality random sequences sufficiently fast. The discovery of spontaneous chaos in semiconductor superlattices at room temperature has produced a valuable nanotechnology option. Here we explain a mathematical model to describe spontaneous chaos in semiconductor superlattices at room temperature, solve it numerically to reveal the origin and characteristics of chaotic oscillations, and discuss the limitations of the model in view of known experiments. We also explain how to extract verified random bits from the analog chaotic signal produced by the superlattice.
PB Springer
SN 2190-5983
YR 2016
FD 2016-06-29
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/38988
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/38988
LA eng
NO This work has been supported by the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad grants FIS2011-28838-C02-01 and MTM2014-56948-C2-2-P.
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