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Quantum Circulator Simulator

Interactive quantum circulator simulator: watch a non-reciprocal 3-port device route a signal one direction around a ring — pick the input port, flip the synthetic bias direction, and dial isolation to see how much leaks backward.

Quantum Physics3DModerate60 FPS
qe-topic-32 ↗ Open standalone

A quantum circulator is a non-reciprocal three-port device: a signal fed into one port is routed to exactly one neighbouring port, cycling in a fixed direction set by an external bias, while the reverse path stays isolated. This simulator launches signal pulses into a ring of three ports and animates them travelling one way around the loop, with adjustable isolation leakage and insertion loss so you can see the trade-off between a device that routes perfectly and one that leaks or attenuates. Pick the input port, flip the bias direction, and watch how the whole routing order reverses — exactly the mechanism that lets quantum circulators steer signals through a network without letting them reflect back into the source.

⚙ Under the hood

Launch signal pulses into a non-reciprocal 3-port quantum circulator and watch them route one direction around the ring — pick the input port, flip the synthetic bias, and dial isolation leakage and insertion loss to see the routing trade-offs.

quantum circulatornon-reciprocal deviceS-matrixsignal routingquantum networksisolationmicrowave photonics

3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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