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Optical quantum computer

BuildingQuantum
June 20 2026

Pulled an all-nighter pondering Mason's advice and possible strategies to counteract these effects. I ended up realizing that not only can I set interval limits on the old style of computing with respect to the applied-or-not state of the target qubits, setting each of the intervals to be smaller and smaller by a factor of 1/2 every time you added another layer of CNOT computation, and this ensures that a lot of the possiblilities get pruned away, since for most algorithms, you can ignore the ones with low probability of occurring. Also, realized that we can just save the information provided by the CNOT instead of re-entangling it.

June 19 2026

Worked with Mason Wright at UChicago to realize that there were a few kinks in the entanglement simulator system I had planned. Primarily, it would be slower than a normal quantum simulator since it had to do more computations. I thought light would be fast enough, but I guess not.

June 2026

Cleared to start building the system for real in the TJ labs, moving from the paper to the bench. Also, started thinking about a possible chip style development of the system.

May 2026

Finalized designs for CNOT interaction gates and the whole computer, started paper writing.

May 2026

First working optical tweezers are assembled and entering their testing phase.

April 2026

Shifted to laser-based quantum computing, realized that SPDC crystals and single photon generators are super expensive

February 2026

Initial designs made, using single photon generators and SPDC crystals, along with mirrors to delay CNOT gate actions.

Making a quantum simulator

CodingQuantum
April 2026

Begun working on a first draft for a possible quantum simulation technology that would be more intuitive to use and would plug into the quantum computer for easy use.

3D printer-CNC adapter

EngineeringDesign
May 2026

Manufactured a V1 from CAD, did NOT work, but I realized that my sizing and stabilization was horrible and made changes.

March 2026

Realized several issues with the calculations and physics in the systems, redid calculations and designs.

January 2026

Started physics calculations for the switching system, began work on the software to integrate cross-platform.

2025

Started thinking about the problem.

Crypto-exchange safety index

DraftingResearch
October 2025

Turning the two papers with Prof. Li into a single index that scores how safe any exchange is.