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Physically unclonable function (PUF) is a novel physical security object consisting of disordered structure that cannot feasibly be cloned. It is a very promising and trustworthy solution for the field of hardware security. Here we present a simulation of disordered photonic PUF by calculating the scattered distribution of the electromagnetic field. The uniqueness and tamper-evident properties of disordered photonic PUF are demonstrated, which are very important for many applications such as secure authentication, identification and cryptographic key generation.
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This work is conducted under the support of the Science Challenging Program (SCP) and the President Funding of China Academy of Engineering Physics (No. 2014-1-100).
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This article is part of the Topical Collection on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices 2016.
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Li, Q., Chen, F., Li, M. et al. Simulation of physically unclonable function based on disordered photonic structure. Opt Quant Electron 49, 122 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-017-0956-0
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