An Artist's Impression of the Photonic Quantum Simulations (IMAGE)

University of Bristol

An Artist's Impression of the Photonic Quantum Simulations

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An artist's impression of the photonic quantum simulations. The photonic chip, comprised of waveguides controlled through gold electronic wiring, is seen as a film projector. The light of the projector is quantum and the movie is the frame-by-frame evolution of an ammonia molecule vibrating. In this movie, the initial vibrational state of the ammonia molecule leads to a very high probability that it will lose one of its hydrogen atoms at the end of the movie. The girl is a scientist of the future who will use the simulator as a tool for molecular modeling. The pile of reels on the floor beside her signifies that capability of the photonic chip to be reprogrammed to simulate any molecule. The painting is by

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Eleonora Martorana, a graduate of the Rome Academy of Fine Arts.

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