Abstract
In the world of quantum computing, developments of electronics needed to control (a) qubit(s) rapidly follow one another. Consequently, (micro-)architectures need to be defined to ultimately build control logic. In this paper, we present the (micro-)architecture of a quantum computer based on nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamonds and a comprehensive simulator capable of mimicking all related (electronic) components as well as quantum operations. We demonstrate that, using our simulator (utilizing noiseless models), we can correctly emulate past (physical) experiments carried out prior to the definition of our architecture.
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Our sequences can be found on https://github.com/fderonde98/QISA_sequences.
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We gratefully acknowledge support from the joint research program “Modular quantum computers” by Fujitsu Limited and Delft University of Technology, co-funded by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency under project number PPS2007.
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de Ronde, F., Dreef, M., Wong, S., Elkouss, D. (2023). Micro-architecture and Control Electronics Simulation of Modular Color Center-Based Quantum Computers. In: Silvano, C., Pilato, C., Reichenbach, M. (eds) Embedded Computer Systems: Architectures, Modeling, and Simulation. SAMOS 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14385. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46077-7_10
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