https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/s10053-021-00105-8
Regular Article - Quantum Information
Semi-device-independent randomness certification using Mermin’s proof of Kochen–Specker contextuality
National Institute of Technology Patna, Ashok Rajpath, 800005, Patna, Bihar, India
Received:
22
October
2020
Accepted:
9
December
2020
Published online:
12
March
2021
Randomness is a potential resource for cryptography, simulations and algorithms. Non-local correlations violating Bell’s inequality certify the generation of bit strings whose randomness is guaranteed in a device-independent manner. We provide interesting semi-device-independent randomness certification protocols by Kochen–Specker (KS) contextuality. For this, we first cast the Mermin’s magic-square proof of KS contextuality for two-qubit system as a semi-device-independent communication game in prepare-measure scenario. This provides a semi-device-independent certification of two-bit of randomness. Further, by using Mermin’s magic-star proof of KS theorem involving three-qubit system, we certify three bit of randomness. We conjecture that our proposals can be extended to certify any arbitrary bit of randomness through a suitable KS proof of contextuality valid for higher-dimensional system.
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