Patents Assigned to The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Univeristy
  • Optical quantum random number generator
    Patent number: 9423819
    Abstract: A random number generator includes a light source emitting light at a first frequency, an optical unit including an optical component configured to receive light at the first frequency and emit light at a second frequency, and a measurement unit configured to receive light at the second frequency, and generate a random output value related to a phase parameter of the light at the second frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Univeristy
    Inventors: Alireza Marandi, Konstantin L. Vodopyanov, Robert L. Byer