SeQUeNCe GUI: An Extensible User Interface for Discrete Event Quantum Network Simulations

TL;DR

The paper introduces SeQUeNCe GUI, an extensible graphical interface for quantum network simulation, enhancing usability and demonstrating its application on the Chicago quantum network topology.

Contribution

It presents a new graphical user interface for the SeQUeNCe quantum network simulator, improving usability, portability, and extensibility for quantum network experimentation.

Findings

Successfully implemented GUI for SeQUeNCe simulator

Demonstrated application on Chicago quantum network topology

Enhanced user experience and software extensibility

Abstract

With recent advances in the fields of quantum information theory [J. Pablo. Nature 12, 2172 (2021)] and the approach of the Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) [J. Preskill. Quantum 2, 79 (2018)] computing era, it is necessary to provide tools for experimentation and prototyping that are able to keep pace with the rapidly progressing field of quantum computing. SeQUeNCe, an open source simulator of quantum network communication, aims to provide scalability and extensibility for the simulation of quantum networks, from the hardware level to the application and protocol level. In order to improve upon the usability of this software, we implement a graphical user interface which maintains the core principles of SeQUeNCe, scalability and extensibility, while enhancing the software's portability and ease of use. We demonstrate the capabilities of the graphical user interface through the construction of the existing Chicago metropolitan quantum network topology.