Suda, Martin; Dißauer, Gerald Introduction: Fundamental principles of quantum random number generation with beam splitters. (English) Zbl 1442.81068 Kollmitzer, Christian (ed.) et al., Quantum random number generation. Theory and practice. Cham: Springer. Quantum Sci. Technol., 1-10 (2020). Summary: This introduction describes one of the most important elements for the generation of quantum mechanical random numbers – the beam splitter (BS). A BS is a passive element to split light beams (e.g. laser beams) into two outgoing beams.For the entire collection see [Zbl 1443.65001]. MSC: 81V80 Quantum optics 78A60 Lasers, masers, optical bistability, nonlinear optics 81P68 Quantum computation 68Q87 Probability in computer science (algorithm analysis, random structures, phase transitions, etc.) PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{M. Suda} and \textit{G. Dißauer}, in: Quantum random number generation. Theory and practice. Cham: Springer. 1--10 (2020; Zbl 1442.81068) Full Text: DOI References: [1] Mandel, L., & Wolf, E. (1995). Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. · doi:10.1017/CBO9781139644105 [2] Leonhardt, U. (1997). Measuring the Quantum State of Light. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. · Zbl 0948.81676 [3] Loudon, R. (2000). The Quantum Theory of Light. Oxford: Oxford University Press. · Zbl 1009.81003 [4] Schleich, W. P. (2001). Quantum Optics in Phase Space. Berlin: Wiley-Vch. · Zbl 0961.81136 · doi:10.1002/3527602976 [5] Gerry, C. C., & Knight, P. L. (2005). Introductory Quantum Optics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [6] Hong, C. · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.59.2044 This reference list is based on information provided by the publisher or from digital mathematics libraries. Its items are heuristically matched to zbMATH identifiers and may contain data conversion errors. In some cases that data have been complemented/enhanced by data from zbMATH Open. This attempts to reflect the references listed in the original paper as accurately as possible without claiming completeness or a perfect matching.