DynExp—Highly flexible laboratory automation for dynamically changing classical and quantum experiments

Abstract

Experiments in science and particularly quantum physics grow complex requiring sophisticated control software. Such software must provide a rigorous abstraction between hardware and measurement modules. Furthermore, it should provide networking functionality for accessing shared devices connected to a network and for publishing measured data to remote sites. However, to date there is no fast and easy-to-use experimental control software for this purpose written in C++. We introduce DynExp as a highly flexible laboratory automation software. It enables to assign physical devices to measurement modules at runtime and provides networking functionality. Its embedded Python interpreter allows processing measured data in realtime.