Quantum Research Group
About QR Group —
Quantum Research Group (QRG) is an initiative of the artist Hrvoje Hiršl, in collaboration with the Institute of Physics in Zagreb, Croatia. Its aim is to create a sustainable business model, to enable resources for exploring, questioning and utilising the emerging technologies of quantum optics and quantum computing, in a non-recursive and mundane way, thus preparing us for their implementation in the coming decades.
We believe in breaking arbitrary boundaries between disciplines and merging Art, Science & Technology in one exploratory journey.
Quantum Research Group (QRG) is an initiative of the artist Hrvoje Hiršl, in collaboration with the Institute of Physics in Zagreb, Croatia. Its aim is to create a sustainable business model, to enable resources for exploring, questioning and utilising the emerging technologies of quantum optics and quantum computing, in a non-recursive and mundane way, thus preparing us for their implementation in the coming decades.
We believe in breaking arbitrary boundaries between disciplines and merging Art, Science & Technology in one exploratory journey.
Projects —
This initiative started with two light installations (The Collapse & Exceptional point) and extended into visualizations of quantum processes (QNFTs) and setting up the production of a Quantum Random Numbers Generator (QRNG), derived from entangled photons.
In a business environment, the dominant approach is to create solutions for existing problems, in arts you create new “problems”, thus this speculative practice is more appropriate for these accelerating times, enabling us to find potential solutions for problems of the future.
This initiative started with two light installations (The Collapse & Exceptional point) and extended into visualizations of quantum processes (QNFTs) and setting up the production of a Quantum Random Numbers Generator (QRNG), derived from entangled photons.
In a business environment, the dominant approach is to create solutions for existing problems, in arts you create new “problems”, thus this speculative practice is more appropriate for these accelerating times, enabling us to find potential solutions for problems of the future.
Entangled photons generate true random numbers
We want to build a quantum
random number generator (QRNG) based on measurements of the polarisation of the entangled photons. QRNG have numerous applications in security, science & industry.
One of them is QNFTs, the graphic representation of quantum
phenomena.
Quantum Random Numbers Generator (QRNG)
QRNG —
Random numbers are the foundation of contemporary security & cryptography. The higher the order of randomness the more difficult it is to produce it and maintain it. Quantum entanglement is an ideal source for generating random numbers for numerous scientific and cryptographic applications. Our Quantum random number generators (QRNG) generate randomness by measuring the polarisation of entangled photons, this nondeterministic process provides the highest randomness technologically feasible.
Random numbers are the foundation of contemporary security & cryptography. The higher the order of randomness the more difficult it is to produce it and maintain it. Quantum entanglement is an ideal source for generating random numbers for numerous scientific and cryptographic applications. Our Quantum random number generators (QRNG) generate randomness by measuring the polarisation of entangled photons, this nondeterministic process provides the highest randomness technologically feasible.
Our service —
Our team continuously monitors the quality of the differential entropy, probability distributions, and nondeterminism of QRNG output to provide the client with a stable stream of randomness of the highest standard.
We provide:
Our team continuously monitors the quality of the differential entropy, probability distributions, and nondeterminism of QRNG output to provide the client with a stable stream of randomness of the highest standard.
We provide:
- True randomness with a high bits of entropy
- High transfer and generating speed
- High availability of the service for continuous operation
- High security of data protocols
- Redundancy and robustness of systems
All images are from the Centre for Advanced Laser Techniques (CALT) at the Institute of Physics in Zagreb, Croatia
Here you can see a quantum memory experiment, a similar setup to the one we plan to build.
QNFTs
Light —
Light has always been the most important aspect for our existence. It was a starting force, provider of heat and energy. Our perspective on it moved from the godly adoration and mysticism to the physical understanding of the chain of reaction that started life on this planet. Today, light is becoming omnipresent in cutting-edge technologies. From the optical cables transferring data to physics experiments using quantum optics to develop novel materials, or quantum computers based on light.
How QNFTs are created —
The physical device, through an elaborate set of lenses, mirrors and crystals, creates a pair of entangled photons. These entangled photons generate true random numbers. These numbers are used to determine the position, colour and the hue in the colour gradient of the QNFTs, thus making a true and unique representation of this phenomenon.
Outcome —
QNFT can be stored as digital asset or displayed as a projection or a high-quality print, therefore, they are a stable media of storage and presentation. The size of each printable QNFT is 250x155cm. The proportion is based on the golden ratio, with a resolution of 1200dpi that gives the highest printing quality and details in color gradation, allowing the owner to have the finest quality print in his possession.
Light has always been the most important aspect for our existence. It was a starting force, provider of heat and energy. Our perspective on it moved from the godly adoration and mysticism to the physical understanding of the chain of reaction that started life on this planet. Today, light is becoming omnipresent in cutting-edge technologies. From the optical cables transferring data to physics experiments using quantum optics to develop novel materials, or quantum computers based on light.
How QNFTs are created —
The physical device, through an elaborate set of lenses, mirrors and crystals, creates a pair of entangled photons. These entangled photons generate true random numbers. These numbers are used to determine the position, colour and the hue in the colour gradient of the QNFTs, thus making a true and unique representation of this phenomenon.
Outcome —
QNFT can be stored as digital asset or displayed as a projection or a high-quality print, therefore, they are a stable media of storage and presentation. The size of each printable QNFT is 250x155cm. The proportion is based on the golden ratio, with a resolution of 1200dpi that gives the highest printing quality and details in color gradation, allowing the owner to have the finest quality print in his possession.
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The title of each QNFT painting is composed of prefix QNFT and a sequence of unique numbers generated by a quantum entanglement device.
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The digits of that number determine the position, colour and hue in the colour gradient of the QNFT.
The title of each QNFT painting is composed of prefix QNFT and a sequence of unique numbers generated by a quantum entanglement device.
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The digits of that number determine the position, colour and hue in the colour gradient of the QNFT.
Light installations
Exceptional point —
Exceptional point is a light installation based on quantum optics. It questions the properties of reality. An Exceptional point is the point in which the system begins to manifest properties that haven’t been there until recently. It is a transition from a characteristic, base state to an exotic state, a crossing into up to now unknown, sensitive balance between phases, characteristics that did not exist, but subsequently appeared.
Questions of the appearance and the characteristics of the system are increasingly important, and are part of our everyday life - constant fluctuations without a stable form, sudden changes without a fixed state. At the moment when formal properties are lost and replaced on demand, what stays characteristic? What is authentic, when what we see is no longer what it is?
The Collapse —
“The Collapse” is a part of the “The Limit of Representation” exhibition project, aiming to make visible parts of reality that are beyond human experience. The project started in 2019, in collaboration with Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, in Garching, Germany. In collaboration with Dr. Neven Šantić the scientist from MPI, the artist developed a light installation based on the double slit experiment. The output of the experiment is usually of a small scale, but for installation purposes it has been scaled up to the limits of what is physically possible, thus projecting it in a much larger format.
“The Collapse” is a part of the “The Limit of Representation” exhibition project, aiming to make visible parts of reality that are beyond human experience. The project started in 2019, in collaboration with Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, in Garching, Germany. In collaboration with Dr. Neven Šantić the scientist from MPI, the artist developed a light installation based on the double slit experiment. The output of the experiment is usually of a small scale, but for installation purposes it has been scaled up to the limits of what is physically possible, thus projecting it in a much larger format.
The double slit experiment demonstrates the wave function collapse. If a photon passes through the two slits undisturbed it will behave as a wave and form an interference pattern. If we measure through which of the two slits it passes it behaves as a particle, implying that our reality is undetermined until it is observed. The result of the experiment depends on the observer. It is meant to connect the quantum scale to the human scale, bringing us closer to the parts of reality that we can’t normally observe.