Communications Physics (Jul 2021)

NetSquid, a NETwork Simulator for QUantum Information using Discrete events

  • Tim Coopmans,
  • Robert Knegjens,
  • Axel Dahlberg,
  • David Maier,
  • Loek Nijsten,
  • Julio de Oliveira Filho,
  • Martijn Papendrecht,
  • Julian Rabbie,
  • Filip Rozpędek,
  • Matthew Skrzypczyk,
  • Leon Wubben,
  • Walter de Jong,
  • Damian Podareanu,
  • Ariana Torres-Knoop,
  • David Elkouss,
  • Stephanie Wehner

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-021-00647-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Implementing large-scale quantum networks is one of the challenges at the core of quantum communication. Here, the authors present NetSquid, a quantum network simulator that allows studying how such networks can be built, including physical hardware modelling, modularity, scalability, and examples.