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Micro-LEDs boost random number generation
Intensity fluctuations from miniature LEDs provide ultrafast generation rates.
Miniature LEDs called micro-LEDs have been shown to generate random numbers at gigabit-per-second speeds by a team of researchers from Saudi Arabia and the United States[1]. The generation of random numbers is vital for many tasks, including data security — where it is used to create encryption keys and passwords — and computer simulations of complex systems such as the weather and financial markets. Reference Lin, H., Lu, H., Wong, W.S., Almogbel, A., Alyamani, A., Ng., T.K., Bakr, O., Nakamura, S., Denbaars, S. & Ooi, B. Micro-LED based quantum random number generators.
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