Chip-integrated device and methods for generating random numbers that is reconfigurable and provides genuineness verification

A device for use in directly generating random numbers with certified randomness obeying customized statistical properties, comprising a laser source configured to generate laser pulses;

• a photon generator, positioned relative to said laser source so as to receive laser pulses therefrom, said photon generator being configured to generate photons;
• a separator, positioned relative to said photon generator so as to receive photons therefrom, said separator being configured to direct photons into separated optical paths based on at least one quantum characteristic;
• optical circuits in each of said optical paths configured to modify optical properties of photons according to statistical properties as specified by a user, said optical circuits subject to real-time reconfiguration or feedback control;
• a set of detectors, positioned relative to said separator so as to receive separated photons therefrom, said set of detectors being configured to provide corresponding output signals to electronic circuits which are configured to generate random numbers corresponding to said statistical properties based on output signals provided by said set of detectors;
• and an entanglement measurement module, operable responsive to output signals provided by said set of detectors, to certify the genuineness of random numbers generated by said electronic circuits.

A device for use in directly generating random numbers with certified randomness obeying customized statistical properties, comprising a laser source configured to generate laser pulses in shaped and verified waveforms and to reshape any such generated laser pulses in real time, including through feedback control;

• a photon generator, positioned relative to said laser source so as to receive laser pulses therefrom, said photon generator being configured to generate photons having waveforms and correlated quantum states leading to random number generation with statistical properties as specified by a user;
• a separator, positioned relative to said photon generator so as to receive photons therefrom, said separator being configured to direct photons into separated optical paths based on at least one quantum characteristic;
• optical circuits in each of said optical paths configured to modify optical properties of photons according to said statistical properties, said optical circuits subject to real-time reconfiguration or feedback control;
• a set of detectors, positioned relative to said separator so as to receive separated photons therefrom, said set of detectors being configured to provide corresponding output signals to electronic circuits which are configured to generate random numbers corresponding to said statistical properties based on output signals provided by said set of detectors;
• and an entanglement measurement module, operable responsive to output signals provided by said set of detectors, to certify the genuineness of random numbers generated by said electronic circuits.