<p>A method and apparatus for generating random numbers. Events characteristic of a random process are registered, and a particular time segment, from among a set of time segments, is identified based upon registration of an event within that time segment, and a value is associated based on the identified time segment. The events may be detections of a particle by a particle detector such as a photon detector. A random number is outputted based at least upon the associated value. Outputting of the random numbers may be followed by a whitening process. The source of particles may be driven to provide various specified probability distributions of values.</p>
申请公布号
WO2006071269(A1)
申请公布日期
2006.07.06
申请号
WO2005US21979
申请日期
2005.06.21
申请人
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS;ALTEPETER, JOSEPH, B.;JEFFREY, EVAN;KWIAT, PAUL, G.
发明人
ALTEPETER, JOSEPH, B.;JEFFREY, EVAN;KWIAT, PAUL, G.