Tutorials

This tutorial will explain how to use SimQN for quantum network researches. SimQN provides some example use cases in the example directory.

• Quick start
  • QKD simulation with manual network construction
  • Entanglement distribution with topology generator
• Parallel Simulation: to run multiple simulations and leverage multiple CPUs
• Physical models
  • The qubit model
    • Quantum operations
    • Quantum measurement
    • Error models
    • Example of entanglement swapping
  • The entanglement model
    • Three entanglement models
      • Ideal Bell State entanglement
      • Werner State entanglement
      • Most general mixed state entanglement
    • Quantum teleportation
  • Delay model
• Entities in quantum networks
  • Quantum node: the end-point users, routers and repeaters
    • Applications
    • How to build an application
    • Processing delay on quantum nodes
  • Quantum memory: the device to store qubits
    • Synchronous mode
    • Asynchronous mode
    • Error models in a quantum memory
  • Quantum channel: the link to transmit qubits
    • Send and receive qubits
    • Error models in transmission
    • Qubit Loss Quantum Channel
  • Classic channel: the link to transmit classic packets
    • Classic packets
    • Send and receive classic packets
    • Forward classic packets
  • Quantum operator: operating and measuring qubits
    • Asynchronous mode
  • Monitor: for better collecting network status
  • Timers and build other entities
• Construct large-scale networks
  • Topology generator
    • Build quantum network topology
    • Build classic topology
    • Manage the network
  • Routing algorithm
    • The routing algorithm interface
    • The Dijkstra’s algorithm
  • Request management
  • Example applications and protocols
• The discrete-event simulator
  • Time structure
  • Events in simulation
  • The Simulator
• Logging and random generator
  • The logging module
  • Random generator’s seed