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Abstract: Quantum random number generators (QRNGs) are a burgeoning technology used for a variety of applications, including modern security and encryption systems. Typical methods exploit an entropy ...

Abstract: In this letter, we propose and experimentally demonstrate a high-speed true random number generator (TRNG) by exploiting the probabilistic delay time of threshold switching (TS) in a unified ...

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Overview: Matplotlib mistakes often come from poor layout, unclear labels, and wrong scale choices, not from the data ...

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