Phase-Randomized Laser Pulse Generation at 10 GHz for Quantum Photonic Applications

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2601.04031v2
• Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:45:16 GMT
• Title: Phase-Randomized Laser Pulse Generation at 10 GHz for Quantum Photonic Applications
• Authors: Yuen San Lo, Adam H. Brzosko, Peter R. Smith, Robert I. Woodward, Davide G. Marangon, James F. Dynes, Sergio Juárez, Taofiq K. Paraïso, R. Mark Stevenson, Andrew J. Shields,
• Abstract summary: We present a method to overcome the limitation by employing an external source of spontaneous emission in conjunction with the laser.<n>Our results show that this approach effectively removes interpulse phase correlations and restores phase randomization at repetition rates as high as 10 GHz.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Gain-switching laser diodes is a well-established technique for generating optical pulses with random phases, where the quantum randomness arises naturally from spontaneous emission. However, the maximum switching rate is limited by phase diffusion: at high repetition rates, residual photons in the cavity seed subsequent pulses, leading to phase correlations, which degrade randomness. We present a method to overcome this limitation by employing an external source of spontaneous emission in conjunction with the laser. Our results show that this approach effectively removes interpulse phase correlations and restores phase randomization at repetition rates as high as 10 GHz. This technique opens new opportunities for high-rate quantum key distribution and quantum random number generation.

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