2024-04-16 (en_US)
As I am super busy at the moment with quantum computing between the MIT courses, and joining a workshop series last week which will be running into the Summer by Taha Selim via a consortium of "Hogescholen" in the Netherlands incl. Amsterdam, The Hague, Saxion, and Fontys Universities. As such, I became a little interested in how to add experimentation to my personal practice of both quantum computer science and quantum information science, a rabbit hole which lead me to the following video set from Looking Glass Universe, Mithuna Yoganathan, Ph.D., University of Cambridge. I investigated a few implementations, but if correct, this is by far the most simple to construct.
I don't totally agree with useless, and I'm not sure Mithuna does either given the follow up video where she manages to execute the Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm.
I intend to recreate her setup, and if all goes well a little more sophistication with control elements provided via classical computation on Arduino. I have ordered the following components to assist me in this jouney (some suggested in the videos above):
- Linear Polarising Film
- Grote Rhomb Calciet IJsland Spar Crystal
- 25 x 25mm, λ/2 Retarder Film (WP280) (#25-372)
I will be borrowing the Arduino from Hackers & Designers.
Hopefully some results in the coming weeks!