Modeling what breaks photonic quantum computers, accepted at an IEEE conference

Photonic quantum computers are promising, but every imperfect photon source, lossy channel and noisy detector eats into their performance. Raaghav built a simulation framework that models these losses in small fusion-based quantum benchmarks, pairing an analytical model with Monte Carlo validation. His predicted success rates of 25.5%, 20.7% and 14.8% across three benchmark circuits matched the simulations within 95% confidence intervals, and his analysis shows exactly which component limits each circuit.

FIELDQuantum Computing

RESULTFirst-author paper accepted at an IEEE conference

VENUEIEEE, 2026

Raaghav Sai Gundabolu, YRI FellowIEEE

BEFORE THE FELLOWSHIP

A high school student in Toledo, Ohio drawn to quantum computing, with no background in quantum research.

AFTER

First author of a loss-aware simulation framework for photonic quantum circuits, validated by Monte Carlo, accepted at an IEEE conference.

THE LEDGER

01First-author paper accepted at an IEEE conference

02Analytical model confirmed by Monte Carlo within 95% confidence intervals

03Modeled three quantum benchmark circuits from two-photon to four-node clusters