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Very cool, you might like this - https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/135958853/The_LED_as_low_cost_single_photon_source.pdf https://re
by anfractuosity 2y ago
Very cool, you might like this - https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/135958853/The_LED_as_low_cost_single_photon_source.pdf https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/porta...
A single photon source from an LED. I need to read it more closely, but was curious if it could be used to create a quantum RNG.
- jIyajbe 2y agoI read the paper; much of the electronics details got past me on the first read, but I think that the part most relevant to your question is their statement that it needs to be determined if the LED is a deterministic or a probabilistic single-photon light source.
- anfractuosity 2y agoYeah, that's a good point, I've just been looking at - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-photon_source#Characteristics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-photon_source#Character... which talks a little about what deterministic means with respect to a single photon source. It sounds like if it's probabilistic it could also generate multiple photons.