Characterization of the atmosphere as a random bit-stream generator

Carlos Font; David Bonanno; Hunter Long; Blerta Bajramaj; G. Charmaine Gilbreath

doi:10.1117/12.924826

7 May 2012 Characterization of the atmosphere as a random bit-stream generator

Carlos Font, David Bonanno, Hunter Long, Blerta Bajramaj, G. Charmaine Gilbreath

Proceedings Volume 8382, Active and Passive Signatures III; 83820Q (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.924826
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2012, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Abstract

Characterizing atmospheric turbulence through modeling dates back to the 1960's. For decades scientists have studied how to mitigate the effects of the atmospheric turbulence on communications and imaging systems, but learning how to use those properties of the atmosphere instead of mitigate them raise new challenges. Due to the fact that atmospheric turbulence is inherently a random process, it can be an ideal "key generator" for strongly secure information transfer. The purpose of this effort is to investigate to what extent the atmospheric turbulence can be exploited as a robust random number generator. In this paper we report the progress in characterizing the atmosphere and a random bitstream generator.

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Carlos Font, David Bonanno, Hunter Long, Blerta Bajramaj, and G. Charmaine Gilbreath "Characterization of the atmosphere as a random bit-stream generator", Proc. SPIE 8382, Active and Passive Signatures III, 83820Q (7 May 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.924826

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