TY - JOUR
T1 - NetSquid, a NETwork Simulator for QUantum Information using Discrete events
AU - Coopmans, Tim
AU - Knegjens, Robert
AU - Dahlberg, Axel
AU - Maier, David
AU - Nijsten, Loek
AU - de Oliveira Filho, Julio
AU - Papendrecht, Martijn
AU - Rabbie, Julian
AU - Rozpedek, F.D.
AU - Skrzypczyk, Matthew
AU - Wubben, Leon
AU - de Jong, Walter
AU - Wehner, Stephanie
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85110767784&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1038/s42005-021-00647-8
DO - 10.1038/s42005-021-00647-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85110767784
SN - 2399-3650
VL - 4
JO - Communications Physics
JF - Communications Physics
IS - 1
M1 - 164
ER -