Experimental quantum Bernoulli factories via Bell-basis measurements

T Tanay Roy (Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems (SQMS) Center, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory , Batavia, Illinois 60510,)

Abstract

Randomness processing in the Bernoulli factory framework provides a concrete setting in which quantum resources can outperform classical ones. We experimentally demonstrate quantum randomness processing based on Bell-basis measurements of two identical input quoins prepared on IBM superconducting hardware. Using only the measurement outcomes (and no external classical randomness source), we realize the classically inconstructible Bernoulli doubling primitive f(p)=2p, and, as intermediate outputs from the same Bell-measurement statistics, an exact fair coin f(p)=1/2 and the classically inconstructible function f(p)=4p(1−p). We benchmark the measured output biases against ideal predictions and discuss the impact of device noise. Our results establish a simple resource-efficient experimental primitive for quantum-to-classical randomness processing and support the viability of quantum Bernoulli factories for quantum-enhanced stochastic simulation and sampling tasks.

Article Details

Volume / Issue Vol. 128, Issue 24
Published June 15, 2026
ISSN 0003-6951
Publisher American Institute of Physics

Journal Info

Applied Physics Letters

American Institute of Physics

ISSN: 0003-6951 Physical Sciences

Authors (1)

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Tanay Roy

Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems (SQMS) Center, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory , Batavia, Illinois 60510,