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How much true randomness can squeezed light actually certify?

Hamid Tebyanian

June 2, 2026

Quantum random-number generators need guarantees that their output isn't predictable — even by a cheating detector. This work derives an exact formula for how much certified randomness a squeezed-light source can produce, and finds that earlier analyses were too optimistic: they missed two "deterministic" measurement outcomes that, when included, lower the provably secure rate. Applied to squeezed laser pulses, the result maps precisely where squeezing helps versus hurts the randomness-versus-signal tradeoff.
Published as Squeezed-state semi-device-independent quantum randomness generation arXiv:2606.03898
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