Aliro Simulator

The Aliro Simulator platform provides a single environment for physics modeling and network planning.

Aliro Simulator has two distinct methodologies: Aliro Quantum Network Simulator (AQNSIM) and the Aliro Emulation API.

The Aliro Quantum Network Simulator (AQNSIM) predicts how a quantum network will behave, down to the picosecond.

The Aliro Emulation API reproduces that behavior in real time for the applications and devices that will depend on it.

In practice, that means users can:

Estimate realistic rates, fidelity, latency, and robustness before deployment.
Compare competing hardware modalities and vendors.
Test protocol behavior and orchestration logic.
Identify viable use cases on a proposed network.
Reduce expenditures and integration risk before hardware purchase.
Scale from link-level studies to large heterogeneous networks.
Build an ROI-backed roadmap for pilot and deployment.

See Aliro Simulator in action:

We built AQNSIM to address the specific needs of quantum network design and validation.

Discrete event simulation.

Quantum networks are driven by timed events.

Timing-sensitive effects are frequently the determining factor in whether a protocol works at all. Aliro's picosecond accuracy for photon arrivals, clicks, and sync windows are modeled as timed events and validated against real timing.

The Aliro Emulation API allows users to test how a quantum network would actually behave under simulated operating conditions before investing in physical hardware.

Real-time quantum network emulation.

Reproduce realistic quantum key distribution behavior in real time, allowing connected systems to process data as network conditions change. Unlike virtual-time simulation, it enables connected systems to respond to changing network conditions as they occur.

Three ways to use the Aliro Simulator platform

Code locally.

Install the AQNSIM Python framework on your own machine and use the full API to build devices, protocols, and analyses, with local execution for development and small studies.

Cloud API

Submit the same code to Aliro's cloud: parameter scans and batches run in parallel, GPU acceleration is a flag away, and every step is persisted and retryable on failure.

Aliro Simulator Web App

Set up, run, and analyze simulations in your browser. Use a Quantum Secure Communications template, set configurable parameters to model your unique conditions, run on Aliro's cloud, and plot key rate and QBER in-app. More templates coming soon!

Aliro Simulator

Real-world accuracy for modeling entanglement and designing quantum networks.

The Aliro Simulator platform provides a single environment for physics modeling and network planning.

See Aliro Simulator in action:

We built AQNSIM to address the specific needs of quantum network design and validation.

Discrete event simulation.

Multiple state computation backends.

Library of quantum and classical device components.

Noise models.

Design, test & optimize at scale.

Code & no-code workflows.

The Aliro Emulation API allows users to test how a quantum network would actually behave under simulated operating conditions before investing in physical hardware.

Real-time quantum network emulation.

Three levels of emulation in one API.

Use with existing systems to predict performance.

Realistic network conditions.

Concurrent emulation sessions and parallel processing.

Beyond QKD.

Three ways to use the Aliro Simulator platform

Code locally.

Cloud API

Aliro Simulator Web App

Ready to design and test your quantum network?

Aliro software and services can help you at every stage, from design to pilot to full deployment.