DynExp—Highly flexible laboratory automation for dynamically changing classical and quantum experiments

Abstract

Experiments in science and particularly quantum physics grow complex requiring sophisticated control software. Such software must provide a rigorous abstraction between hardware and measurement modules. Furthermore, it should provide networking functionality for accessing shared devices connected to a network and for publishing measured data to remote sites. However, to date there is no fast and easy-to-use experimental control software for this purpose written in C++. We introduce DynExp as a highly flexible laboratory automation software. It enables to assign physical devices to measurement modules at runtime and provides networking functionality. Its embedded Python interpreter allows processing measured data in realtime.

Keywords

• Experimental control
• Laboratory automation
• Quantum measurement
• Hardware abstraction
• Data stream manipulation
• Instrument-as-a-Service