Generation of Fresh and Pure Random Numbers for Loophole-Free Bell Tests

Phys Rev Lett. 2015 Dec 18;115(25):250403. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.250403. Epub 2015 Dec 16.

Abstract

We demonstrate extraction of randomness from spontaneous-emission events less than 36 ns in the past, giving output bits with excess predictability below 10^{-5} and strong metrological randomness assurances. This randomness generation strategy satisfies the stringent requirements for unpredictable basis choices in current "loophole-free Bell tests" of local realism [Hensen et al., Nature (London) 526, 682 (2015); Giustina et al., this issue, Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 250401 (2015); Shalm et al., preceding Letter, Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 250402 (2015)].