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  • Optoelectronics
  • Materials Science
  • Cryptography

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  • High-security communication requires nondeterministic, unclonable bit sequences.
  • Physical unclonable functions (PUFs) offer a path to secure, duplication-resistant systems.
  • Existing PUF methods face challenges in efficient fabrication and authentication.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce all-photonic cryptographic primitives based on organic nanolasers.
  • To demonstrate a solution-processed fabrication method for high-entropy random bit generation.
  • To enable efficient, low-cost secure communication systems.

Main Methods:

  • Solution printing of organic nanolaser arrays on topographical templates.
  • Utilizing solvent evaporation to create random-sized organic single crystals.
  • Exploiting size-dependent dual-wavelength lasing emission (660/720 nm) for encoding.
  • All-photonic authentication of generated random sequences.

Main Results:

  • Achieved regulated position and alignment of organic single crystals with random sizes.
  • Demonstrated high entropy generation through stochastic distribution and random sizing.
  • Enabled size-dependent dual-wavelength lasing emission for quaternary key encoding.
  • Showcased efficient, reliable encoding into cryptographic keys.

Conclusions:

  • Organic nanolaser arrays provide a promising platform for high-security cryptography.
  • Solution processing enables efficient fabrication and programming of these cryptographic primitives.
  • All-photonic authentication ensures secure communication with high throughput and low cost.