Comparing different approaches for generating random numbers device-independently using a photon pair source

DOI10.1088/1367-2630/17/2/023023MaRDI QIDQ3387635zbMATHOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Valentina Caprara Vivoli, Pavel Sekatski, Jean-Daniel Bancal, C. C. Lim, Anthony Q. Martin, R. T. Thew, Nicolas Gisin, Nicolas Sangouard, H. Zbinden

Publication date 13 January 2021

Published in New Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1409.8051

zbMATH Keywords

non-localityrandom numbersphoton pair source

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum computation (81P68) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Quantum coherence, entanglement, quantum correlations (81P40)

Abstract: What is the most efficient way to generate random numbers device-independently using a photon pair source based on spontaneous parametric down conversion (SPDC)? We consider this question by comparing two implementations of a detection-loophole-free Bell test. In particular, we study in detail a scenario where a heralded single photon source (HSPS) is used to herald path-entangled states, i.e. entanglement between two spatial modes sharing a single photon and where non-locality is revealed using photon counting preceded by small displacement operations. We start by giving a theoretical description of such a measurement. We then show how to optimize the Bell-CHSH violation through a non-perturbative calculation, taking the main experimental imperfections into account. We finally bound the amount of randomness that can be extracted and compare it to the one obtained with the conventional scenario using photon pairs entangled e.g. in polarization and analyzed through photon counting. While the former requires higher overall detection efficiencies, it is far more efficient in terms of both the entropy per experimental run and the rate of random bit generation.

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