Ben Miller
Lead developer for the the Rydberg Interactive Quantum Module (RydIQule), an open-source tool for research labs to model a broad range of Quantum Sensing experiments. Working for the Army Research Lab researching Quantum Sciences. Passion for bridging the gap between physics and software, and building open tools to accelerate research. Current interests include quantum technology (including its limitations) and classical simulation of quantum circuits.
Session
Rydberg atoms offer unique quantum properties that enable radio-frequency sensing capabilities distinct from any classical analogue; however, large parameter spaces and complex configurations make understanding and designing these quantum experiments challenging. Current solutions are often developed as in-house, closed-sourced software simulating a narrow range of problems. We present RydIQule, an open-source package leveraging tools of computational python in novel ways to model the behavior of these systems generally. We describe RydIQule’s approach to representing quantum systems using computational graphs and leveraging numpy broadcasting to define complete experiments. In addition to discussing the computational challenges RydIQule helps overcome, we outline how collaboration between physics and computational research backgrounds has led to this impactful tool.