QuCirDET: A design and simulation tool for quantum circuits

An electronic design and evaluation tool for quantum circuit design is presented. It allows easy implementation of quantum algorithms based on the circuit model of quantum computation. The layout of an ideal circuit network can be designed in the logical layer and then automatically get converted into an encoded form closer to the physical layer. The possibility to select and apply the desired quantum error-correcting code enables to study a particular circuit from the aspect of error correction. Various constructions of the same logical network can be designed in order to compare the gate loads of different implementations and encoding or decoding schemas. It is a well structured software tool enabling expansion of other useful functions for realistic studies on quantum computation.