Piquasso: A Photonic Quantum Computer Simulation Software Platform
We introduce the Piquasso quantum programming framework, a full-stack open-source software platform for the simulation and programming of photonic quantum computers. Piquasso can be programmed via a high-level Python programming interface enabling users to perform efficient quantum computing with discrete and continuous variables. Via optional high-performance C++ backends, Piquasso provides state-of-the-art performance in the simulation of photonic quantum computers. The Piquasso framework is supported by an intuitive web-based graphical user interface where the users can design quantum circuits, run computations, and visualize the results.
Authors
- Gregory Morse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0231-6557)
- Péter Rakyta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3506-558X)
- Dániel T. R. Nagy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4159-6723)
- Tamás Kozsik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4484-9172)
- Michał Oszmaniec (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4946-6835)
- Zoltán Zimborás (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2184-526X)
- Boldizsár Poór
- Ágoston Kaposi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7604-1449)
- Zoltán Kolarovszki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9837-5534)
- Kareem H. El-Safty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8740-0637)
- Tomasz Rybotycki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2493-0459)
- Szabolcs Jóczik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5541-8605)
- Henrik Varga
Institutions
- Eötvös Loránd University (HU)
- Center for Theoretical Physics (PL)
- HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics (HU)
- NASK National Research Institute (PL)
- Technical University of Munich (DE)
- Polish Academy of Sciences (PL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Quantum
- Published
- 2025-04-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2025-04-15-1708
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 9.92