SBIR Phase I: Quantum Random Walking for Ultra-High Speed, Parallel and Truly-random Number Generation

这项小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力包括：1)开发新的加密和认证技术，以改善网络安全；2)减少数据泄露造成的经济损失。在过去的十年里，社会对网络领域新技术的更大需求已经得到了充分的证明。随着现代生活几乎各个方面对计算机的依赖日益增加，社交媒体的使用，大型工业向高性能（更快）计算网络和即将到来的物联网（IoT）时代发展，网络技术市场预计将以每年高达15%的稳定速度增长。该项目将创建一个具有信号嵌入能力的高速，并行和真随机数发生器（TRNG）。有了光学核心，该设备将比许多目前可用的基于硅芯片技术的伪rng设备具有优势，这些设备已被证明容易受到黑客的攻击。此外，该设备将为持续开发和可能的在线身份验证功能提供框架，以补充硬件。这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目将开发一个原型设备，以评估商业产品的可行性。这项创新的基础是利用光学中的量子现象来产生随机性，也就是噪声。量子力学已被证明是世界各地用于数据加密的噪声过程的基本机制。在这种情况下，产生噪声的过程可以被调整，以某种频率振荡，以产生与随机输出叠加的嵌入信号。这使得最终设计的应用程序远远超出了加密。随着高性能计算网络在科学模拟、医疗保健患者跟踪、金融机构可访问性、教育等领域的兴起，使用嵌入功能跟踪身份验证凭证并对访问网络的设备执行持续监控的能力对于保护网络和数据变得至关重要。在这个项目中，基本设计将被完善，目的是生产一个重新调整的商业产品。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project includes: 1) development of novel encryption and authentication technology to improve cybersecurity and 2) the reduction of economic loss due to data breaches. The larger societal need for new technologies in the cyber arena has been well documented over the past 10 years. With the growing dependence on computers in practically every aspect of modern life, use of social media, large industries moving towards high performance (faster) computing networks and the coming era of the Internet of Things (IoT), the market for cyber technology is expected to grow at a steady rate of as much as 15% annually. This project will create a high speed, parallel and Truly-Random Number Generator (TRNG) with signal embedding capabilities. With an optical core, the device will have advantages over many of the currently available, pseudo-RNG devices based on silicon chip technologies that have been shown vulnerable to hackers. Additionally, this device will provide a framework for continuous development and possible online authentication features to compliment the hardware.This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will result in development of a prototype device to assess the feasibility of a commercial product. The basis of the innovation is the use of quantum phenomena in optics to create randomness, also known as noise. Quantum mechanics has proven to be the underlying mechanism for noise processes used the world over in encryption of data. In this case, the process of creating noise can be adjusted, oscillated at some frequency, to produce embedded signals overlaid with the random output. This gives the final design applications well beyond encryption. With the rise of high performance computing networks in scientific simulations, health care patient tracking, financial institution accessibility, education, etc., the ability to use the embedding feature to track authentication credentials and perform continuous monitoring of equipment accessing a network becomes paramount to securing networks as well as data. During this project the basic design will be refined with the aim of producing a rescaled, commercial product.