Print Email Facebook Twitter NetSquid, a NETwork Simulator for QUantum Information using Discrete events Title NetSquid, a NETwork Simulator for QUantum Information using Discrete events Author Coopmans, T.J. (TU Delft QID/Elkouss Group; TU Delft QuTech Advanced Research Centre; Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft) Knegjens, R.J. (TU Delft BUS/TNO STAFF; TU Delft QuTech Advanced Research Centre) Dahlberg, E.A. (TU Delft QID/Wehner Group; TU Delft QuTech Advanced Research Centre; Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft) Maier, D.J. (TU Delft QID/Wehner Group; TU Delft QuTech Advanced Research Centre; Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft) Nijsten, L.M.J. (TU Delft Business Development; TU Delft QuTech Advanced Research Centre) de Oliveira Filho, J.A. (TU Delft Business Development; TU Delft QuTech Advanced Research Centre) Papendrecht, M.N.G. (TU Delft QID/Software Group; TU Delft QuTech Advanced Research Centre; Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft) Rabbie, J. (TU Delft QID/Wehner Group; TU Delft QuTech Advanced Research Centre; Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft) Rozpedek, F.D. (TU Delft QID/Wehner Group; TU Delft QuTech Advanced Research Centre; Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft) Skrzypczyk, M.D. (TU Delft Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science; TU Delft QuTech Advanced Research Centre; Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft) Wubben, L.C.J. (TU Delft Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science; Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft) de Jong, W. (SURF, Amsterdam) Wehner, S.D.C. (TU Delft Quantum Internet Division; TU Delft Quantum Information and Software; TU Delft QuTech Advanced Research Centre; Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft) Faculty Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science Department Business Development Date 2021 Abstract In order to bring quantum networks into the real world, we would like to determine the requirements of quantum network protocols including the underlying quantum hardware. Because detailed architecture proposals are generally too complex for mathematical analysis, it is natural to employ numerical simulation. Here we introduce NetSquid, the NETwork Simulator for QUantum Information using Discrete events, a discrete-event based platform for simulating all aspects of quantum networks and modular quantum computing systems, ranging from the physical layer and its control plane up to the application level. We study several use cases to showcase NetSquid’s power, including detailed physical layer simulations of repeater chains based on nitrogen vacancy centres in diamond as well as atomic ensembles. We also study the control plane of a quantum switch beyond its analytically known regime, and showcase NetSquid’s ability to investigate large networks by simulating entanglement distribution over a chain of up to one thousand nodes. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ecb78b6d-5d7a-4ae9-9bb2-f2553781bab5 DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-021-00647-8 ISSN 2399-3650 Source Communications Physics, 4 (1) Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2021 T.J. Coopmans, R.J. Knegjens, E.A. Dahlberg, D.J. Maier, L.M.J. Nijsten, J.A. de Oliveira Filho, M.N.G. Papendrecht, J. Rabbie, F.D. Rozpedek, M.D. Skrzypczyk, L.C.J. Wubben, W. de Jong, S.D.C. Wehner Files PDF s42005_021_00647_8.pdf 2.23 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:ecb78b6d-5d7a-4ae9-9bb2-f2553781bab5/datastream/OBJ/view