Visualizing quantum mechanics in an interactive simulation
lab.quantumflytrap.com
lab.quantumflytrap.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfytHvgHybA&ab_channel=stupi...
Indeed, much inspiration comes from the data viz and explorable explanation community. Previously, I worked in D3.js. The idea behind the precursor, Quantum Game with Photons, was precisely to provide a composable environment for simulating any system.
In another recent publication, "Quantum games and interactive tools for quantum technologies outreach and education" (https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/journals/optical-engineer...), there is a whole section "3.3. Explorable Explanations" written by me and no-one else than Nicky Case (https://ncase.me/).
https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/journals/optical-engineer...
"Visualizing quantum mechanics in an interactive simulation – Virtual Lab by Quantum Flytrap" Optical Engineering (2022) https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/journals/optical-engineer... :
> Abstract: Virtual Lab by Quantum Flytrap is a no-code online laboratory of an optical table, presenting quantum phenomena interactively and intuitively. It supports a real-time simulation of up to three entangled photons. Users can place typical optical elements (such as beam splitters, polarizers, Faraday rotators, and detectors) with a drag-and-drop graphical interface. Virtual Lab operates in two modes. The sandbox mode allows users to compose arbitrary setups. Quantum Game serves as an introduction to Virtual Lab features, approachable for users with no prior exposure to quantum mechanics. We introduce visual representation of entangled states and entanglement measures. It includes interactive visualizations of the ket notation and a heatmap-like visualization of quantum operators. These quantum visualizations can be applied to any discrete quantum system, including quantum circuits with qubits and spin chains. These tools are available as open-source TypeScript packages – Quantum Tensors and BraKetVue. Virtual Lab makes it possible to explore the nature of quantum physics (state evolution, entanglement, and measurement), to simulate quantum computing (e.g., the Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm), to use quantum cryptography (e.g., the Ekert protocol), to explore counterintuitive quantum phenomena (e.g., quantum teleportation and the Bell inequality violation), and to recreate historical experiments (e.g., the Michelson–Morley interferometer).
> A TypeScript package for sparse tensor operations on complex numbers in your browser - for quantum computing, quantum information, and interactive visualizations of quantum physics.
Quantum-Flytrap/bra-ket-vue https://github.com/Quantum-Flytrap/bra-ket-vue :
> An interactive visualizer for quantum states and matrices.
#Q12 /? q12 quantum: https://www.google.com/search?q=q12+quantum
I do wish each level had more explanation about the concept it's teaching. You can figure things out if you know a small amount about how quantum mechanics work (like knowing once you measure something the superposition collapses) but the game would be a better teaching tool if there were explanations before/after you complete a level
For people interested in QM but without a physics/math background Carlo Rovelli has a book called Helgoland that explains a lot of the basics in a non-technical way
FWIU it's possible to infer from nearby particles without incurring Heisenberg (and/or Bell's?) with Quantum Tagging?
"Helgoland" (2020) https://g.co/kgs/wZXRKQ
The other day I found a quantum circuit puzzle game called "QuantumQ" that has you add a Hadamard gate - statistical superposition - without requiring really any QM at all; which may imply that applied EA could solve the defined problems.
ray-pH/quantumQ: https://github.com/ray-pH/quantumQ
Quantum logic gate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_logic_gate #Hadamard_gate
Also, is it possible to create a "packet load" which was dependant on rules such as phase to deliver intact?
e.g. If I can assign text as the data packet - and then I need to find a way to get it there ungarbled/100% and see how perhaps a phase change results in packet losses -- but then how to as Dwave puts it "reach into different dimensions to pull data out" (He seriously made this claim, so obviously this whould be feature #1 - ;-)