Quantum random number generators (QRNGs) can provide genuinely random numbers to support numerical modelling and simulations
Published on
January 29, 2024
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Quantum Random Number Generators (QRNGs) are devices that utilise the inherent randomness of natural physical processes to create their output, assured unique to each device if the process is quantum. They are better than Random Number Generators (RNGs) as they produce truly random numbers, with no risk of the same random sequence being produced by identically manufactured and prepared QRNGs.
However, a method for providing authoritative certification of the unique randomness produced by QRNGs does not currently exist. Researchers are now addressing this need and overcoming the existing important technological barriers to the commercial and industrial exploitation of QRNGs.