Harnessing dimensional leakage for continuous-variable randomness certification

arXiv:2611.08607v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Semi-device-independent quantum protocols often rely on strict Hilbert-space dimension assumptions that are difficult to satisfy in realistic implementations, particularly with infinite-dimensional optical fields. The almost-qudit framework addresses this issue by quantifying the leakage of quantum states beyond a target subspace. Although such leakage can severely compromise randomness certification for fixed preparation and measurement inputs, we show that averaging over the full input ensemble can mitigate this vulnerability and extend the range of tolerable leakage.