I created this website during my last year of the Master's degree in Quantum Engineering as a way to learn more on the topic and about web-developement.
The goal of the website is to give users a quick and easy way to "skecth" some ideas without needing to code, while allowing them as much flexibility as possible.
- ✍️Latex input: All values can be inserted in a user-friendly way using the usual LaTeX commands, with the benefit of smart recognition of the most common symbols. To type
$\phi$ simply writephi, to insert a fraction, typing\is sufficient. (This wouldn't be possible without the amazing https://mathlive.io/ and the support of its creator). - 🆗Custom matrices with validation: Both the density matrix and the gate matrix can be fully customized and instant validation is performed to give the user a feedback of what they are typing. Example: if a gate matrix is not unitary, the user is warned and stopped from proceeding.
- 🌐3D visualization: The 3D view of the Bloch sphere reacts instantly to the changes done by the user and can be customized to show or hide different visual aids.
- 🖼Image export: You can export the 3D scene as a PNG image with a single click. (Hamburger menu in the 3D scene
$\rightarrow$ Save Image) - 🕹Joystick mode: No more frustating "3D" drawing of the Bloch spehre or animations using your arms to show what you mean! Now you can control the Bloch vector as in a video game using your mouse and/or keyboard.
- ❓Tutorial: A simple and easy to understand interactive explanation for novice users and students, to learn more about quantum computing and information.
- 📱Mobile support: Partial support for small screens and/or touch devices. There are still some bugs that need to be fixed but many features are already working!
- Mixed states: Partial support for mixed states is already present but I plan to expand this in the future, so stay tuned for an update!
I have a lot more features planned for the simulator and would be happy to hear what you think:
- Vector notation: So far the only way to input a new state is to insert its density matrix, I would like to allow users to write something like
$\Psi = \alpha |0 \rangle + \beta |1 \rangle$ to make it easier to experiment. - Time evolution: I plan on adding a way to simulate the time evolution of the Bloch sphere according to some model (e.g. Bloch-Redfield). This would allow user to press "Play" to see how the Bloch vector would evolve as time passes.
- Noise: I would like to allow the implementation of some sort of noise on the state.
- Measurement: I would like to add a simple feature that allows to see the probabilities of a projective measurement given a basis.