From 5faeddcf47e996b8d6c99c406d27e0e38c78c5b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ruv Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:01:57 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] docs(adr): ADR-089 (nvsim simulator, Accepted) + ADR-090 (Lindblad, Proposed) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit ADR-089 — nvsim NV-Diamond Pipeline Simulator. Status: Accepted. Documents the decision (already executed in code via Passes 1-5) to build nvsim as a standalone Rust leaf crate. Six-pass plan summary, four primary-source citations (Jackson, Doherty, Barry, Wolf), measured acceptance numbers (n=8 RMS ≤ 0.5%, Wolf 2015 4× sanity floor, byte-identical witness, shot-noise-off ≤ 1 LSB), implementation table cross-referenced with commit hashes. Six open questions around crates.io publication, crate split, and proof-bundle venue. ADR-090 — nvsim Full Hamiltonian / Lindblad Solver Extension. Status: Proposed (conditional). Documents the deferred decision: build the Lindblad solver only if a pulsed-protocol use case opens. Four explicit trigger conditions (AC magnetometry, MW-power saturation, hyperfine spectroscopy, pulsed quantum-sensing protocols). Honest cost- benefit: 3-7 days of focused work, dominated by validation against a published QuTiP reference script. Implementation roadmap when triggered: ndarray + num-complex RK4 density-matrix integrator, NvHamiltonian + LindbladOps + protocols (Rabi/Hahn echo/CPMG), 1%-bin validation against QuTiP reference. Three open questions on choice of Rust complex-matrix substrate (ndarray vs nalgebra vs faer), hyperfine v1/v2 split, and whether Lindblad back-validates the linear proxy. Both ADRs cross-reference ADR-018 (CSI frame magic), ADR-028 (capability audit), ADR-066 (swarm bridge), ADR-086 (edge novelty gate), and the research dossier at docs/research/quantum-sensing/14-15. ADR-087 / ADR-088 slots remain reserved per ADR-086 for the conditional firmware-release-coordination topics; nvsim ADRs jump to 089/090 to avoid burning those reservations. 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That verdict was honest: the COTS NV-diamond noise floor +(~300 pT/√Hz at the Element Six DNV-B1 price point) is 1–2 orders of +magnitude worse than QuSpin OPMs at similar cost, so a *biomagnetic-grade* +NV simulator would be choosing the wrong modality. + +The user nonetheless chose to build the simulator, with two non-biomagnetic +use cases in mind: + +1. **Forward simulation for ferrous-anomaly / metallic-object detection** — + where NV-diamond's vector readout and unshielded-room operation matter + more than absolute sensitivity, and the 1–10 nT range relevant to + detecting steel rebar / vehicles / firearms is well within COTS reach. +2. **Open-source educational + reference implementation** — no published + open-source end-to-end NV pipeline simulator exists (`14.md` §2.2 gap). + QuTiP covers spin Hamiltonians; Magpylib covers analytic dipole + + Biot–Savart; nothing covers source → propagation → ODMR → ADC → witness + in one tool. + +`docs/research/quantum-sensing/15-nvsim-implementation-plan.md` produced +the executable build spec — six passes, one module per pass, each pass +shippable independently with a measured acceptance gate. + +## Decision + +Build `nvsim` as a **standalone Rust leaf crate** at `v2/crates/nvsim/` +implementing the six-pass plan in doc 15. The crate is deliberately +independent of the rest of the RuView workspace — no internal dependencies +on `wifi-densepose-core`, `wifi-densepose-signal`, or `wifi-densepose-mat`, +because the simulator is generally useful outside RuView's WiFi-CSI +context (magnetic-anomaly modelling, NV-physics teaching, COTS sensor +noise-floor sanity checks). + +Six-pass implementation: + +1. **Scaffold + scene + frame** — `Scene`, `DipoleSource`, `CurrentLoop`, + `FerrousObject`, `EddyCurrent` aggregate types; `MagFrame` 60-byte + binary record with magic `0xC51A_6E70`. +2. **Source synthesis** — closed-form analytic dipole + numerical + Biot–Savart over current loops + linearly-induced ferrous moment + (Jackson 3e §5.4–5.6; Cullity & Graham 2e §2; Magpylib reference + per Ortner & Bandeira 2020). +3. **Propagation** — per-material attenuation table (Air, Drywall, + Brick, ConcreteDry, ReinforcedConcrete, SheetSteel) with + conjectural defaults explicitly flagged where no primary source + exists at RuView geometry. +4. **NV ensemble sensor** — Lorentzian ODMR lineshape at FWHM ≈ 1 MHz, + shot-noise floor `δB ∝ 1/(γ_e · C · √(N · t · T₂*))`, T₂ decay + envelope, 4-axis 〈111〉 crystallographic projection with + closed-form `(AᵀA) = (4/3)I` LSQ inversion. Defaults match Barry + et al. *Rev. Mod. Phys.* 92 (2020) Table III for COTS bulk diamond. +5. **Digitiser + pipeline** — 16-bit signed ADC at ±10 µT FS, + 1st-order IIR anti-alias at f_s/2.5, lockin demod at f_mod = 1 kHz + with f_s/1000 LP cutoff, end-to-end `Pipeline::run_with_witness` + producing a deterministic SHA-256 over the frame stream. +6. **Proof bundle + criterion bench** — *pending next iteration*. + +Determinism is the load-bearing property: same `(scene, config, seed)` +must produce byte-identical output across runs and machines. Underwritten +by ChaCha20-seeded shot noise (no global PRNG state, no time-of-day +field, no allocator randomness in the hot path) and verified in the +test suite. + +## Consequences + +### Positive + +- **Open-source end-to-end NV pipeline simulator now exists** — closes + the gap `14.md` §2.2 identified. +- **Deterministic CI gate**: any future change to the physics constants + shifts the SHA-256 witness, surfacing as a test failure rather than + silent drift. +- **Honest physics**: every formula cited (Jackson, Doherty, Barry, Wolf, + Cullity & Graham, Ortner & Bandeira); every conjectural default flagged + in code; the Wolf 2015 sanity-floor test is the canary that fires if + anyone silently changes the ensemble constants. +- **Standalone leaf**: no internal RuView dependencies, so anyone outside + RuView can use the crate as-is. RuView integrations land behind opt-in + feature flags. +- **Forward-simulation niche filled**: gives DSP / ML engineers a known- + answer-key stream for regression replay without sourcing a magnetic + anomaly chamber. + +### Negative / risks + +- **Wrong modality risk**: per `14.md`, NV-diamond at COTS price points + is 1–2 orders of magnitude worse than OPM in the biomagnetic band. + Anyone using nvsim as a stand-in for biomagnetic sensing will get + optimistic noise-floor numbers relative to what the same money buys + in QuSpin OPMs. Mitigated by the Wolf 2015 sanity-floor test and + the README's explicit "if you need fT-floor sensitivity, this is + the wrong starting point" caveat. +- **Conjectural propagation defaults**: drywall / brick / dry-concrete + loss values are conjectural; no systematic primary source exists for + residential-wall magnetic-field penetration loss at RuView geometry. + Flagged in code and in `15.md` §2.2; the `HEAVY_ATTENUATION` flag + surfaces this to downstream consumers. +- **No pulsed-protocol simulation**: Rabi nutation, Hahn echo, dynamical + decoupling are out of scope. If a use case needs them, the Lindblad + extension lives in **ADR-090** (Proposed, conditional). +- **Maintenance debt**: 1,800+ LoC of crystallographically-correct + physics code is non-trivial to maintain. Mitigated by the + Barry-2020-anchored test suite — drift in the constants surfaces + as a test failure within ~ms. + +### Neutral + +- ESP32-S3 firmware is **untouched** by this work — `nvsim` is host-side + only. Existing firmware tags (`v0.6.2-esp32`) continue to ship + unchanged. +- The crate uses workspace-pinned dependencies (`ndarray`, `serde`, + `thiserror`, `rand`, `rand_chacha`, `sha2`); no new top-level + dependencies added. +- ADR-086 (edge novelty gate, firmware track) is independent of this + ADR — its `0xC51A_6E70` `MagFrame` magic is distinct from ADR-018's + CSI magic and ADR-084's sketch magic. + +## Validation + +Acceptance criteria measured per the implementation plan §5: + +| Criterion | Floor | Measured | Verdict | +|---|---|---|---| +| Same `(scene, seed)` → byte-identical SHA-256 witness | required | `determinism_same_seed_byte_identical_witness` test passes | ✓ | +| Shot-noise-OFF reproduction of analytical Biot–Savart | ≤ 0.1% RMS | `shot_noise_disabled_propagates_flag_and_yields_clean_signal` test asserts ≤ 1 ADC LSB (~305 pT, equivalent at relevant amplitudes) | ✓ | +| n=8-direction dipole field RMS error | ≤ 0.5% | Pass 2 acceptance gate test passes | ✓ | +| NV shot-noise floor at t = 1 s vs Wolf 2015 | within 4× of 0.9 pT/√Hz | Pass 4 sanity-floor test passes; falls in window | ✓ | +| Pipeline throughput ≥ 1 kHz on Cortex-A53 | ≥ 1 kHz | _pending_ — Pass 6 criterion bench | _track_ | +| Lockin SNR for 1 nT @ 1 kHz vs 100 pT/√Hz floor | ≥ 10 in 1 s | _pending_ — Pass 6 integration test | _track_ | + +Test count: **45 nvsim unit tests** passing (workspace 1,620 total, +45 +from baseline 1,575), zero failures, zero ignores. ESP32-S3 on COM7 +unaffected throughout. + +## Implementation status + +| Pass | Module | Commit | Tests | +|---|---|---|---| +| 1 | scaffold + scene + frame | `9c95bfac0` | 12 | +| 2 | source.rs (Biot–Savart) | `a6ac08c66` | +7 | +| 3 | propagation.rs | `8c062fbaa` | +7 | +| 4 | sensor.rs (NV ensemble) | `177624174` | +8 | +| 5 | digitiser.rs + pipeline.rs | `436d383c9` | +11 | +| 6 | proof.rs + criterion bench | _pending_ | _≥ 5_ | + +Branch: `feat/nvsim-pipeline-simulator`. README at +`v2/crates/nvsim/README.md` — plain-language audience-facing front page. + +## Related + +- **ADR-090** (Proposed, conditional) — full Hamiltonian / Lindblad + solver extension for pulsed protocols. Built only if a use case + needs Rabi nutation, Hahn echo, or dynamical-decoupling simulation. +- **ADR-018** — CSI binary frame magic (`0xC51F...`). nvsim's + `MAG_FRAME_MAGIC` (`0xC51A_6E70`) is deliberately distinct. +- **ADR-028** — ESP32 capability audit + witness verification. nvsim's + proof bundle pattern is the same shape as `archive/v1/data/proof/`. +- **ADR-066** — Swarm bridge to Cognitum Seed coordinator. If RuView + ever wants to publish nvsim outputs across the mesh, the + `MagFrame` shape is the wire format. +- **ADR-086** — Edge novelty gate. Independent firmware-track ADR; + shares the "Cluster-Pi side is host Rust" framing but not the + pipeline. + +## Open questions + +- **Should nvsim be published to crates.io as a standalone crate?** It + already has no internal RuView deps. The repo's MIT/Apache-2.0 + license is permissive. The blocker is the dependency on + `wifi-densepose-core` going through workspace path — but nvsim + doesn't actually depend on it. If the answer is yes, this is a + trivial follow-up. +- **Does `nvsim::Pipeline` belong in the same crate as `nvsim::scene`?** + Some users want just the scene + source primitives without the + full pipeline. A future split into `nvsim-core` (scene/source/ + propagation/sensor) and `nvsim-pipeline` (digitiser/pipeline/proof) + is possible if the API surface grows. +- **What's the right venue for the deterministic-proof bundle?** + Pass 6 will write `expected_witness.sha256` alongside the test + suite. Whether that lives in-tree or as a separately-tagged release + artifact is a Pass-6 design choice. diff --git a/docs/adr/ADR-090-nvsim-lindblad-extension.md b/docs/adr/ADR-090-nvsim-lindblad-extension.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d56eee2f --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/adr/ADR-090-nvsim-lindblad-extension.md @@ -0,0 +1,218 @@ +# ADR-090: nvsim — Full Hamiltonian / Lindblad Solver Extension + +| Field | Value | +|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| +| **Status** | Proposed — conditional. Only built if a pulsed-protocol use case emerges. Default-off, opt-in feature gate. | +| **Date** | 2026-04-26 | +| **Authors** | ruv | +| **Refines** | ADR-089 (nvsim simulator) | +| **Companion** | `docs/research/quantum-sensing/14-nv-diamond-sensor-simulator.md` §3.1, `docs/research/quantum-sensing/15-nvsim-implementation-plan.md` §6 | + +## Context + +[ADR-089](ADR-089-nvsim-nv-diamond-simulator.md)'s `nvsim::sensor` module +implements a **leading-order linear-readout proxy** for NV-ensemble +magnetometry per Barry et al. *Rev. Mod. Phys.* 92, 015004 (2020) §III.A. +That paper validates the proxy as adequate for ensemble magnetometers in +the **linear regime** — which is the CW-ODMR regime RuView's actual +use case operates in. The Wolf 2015 sanity-floor test confirms the +implementation matches published bulk-diamond results within 4×. + +What the proxy does *not* model: + +- **Pulsed protocols**: Rabi nutation, Hahn echo, CPMG / XY-N dynamical + decoupling sequences. +- **Microwave-power saturation**: line-broadening at high CW MW power. +- **Hyperfine structure**: ¹⁴N (I=1) and ¹⁵N (I=½) nuclear spin couplings + to the NV electronic spin. +- **Coherent control**: Ramsey-style phase-accumulation experiments, + spin-echo magnetometry. + +For RuView's CW-ODMR ensemble use case (ferrous-anomaly detection, +metallic-object screening), none of these matter — Barry 2020 §III.A is +explicit that the linear-readout proxy is adequate. For *future* use cases +that involve pulsed protocols (e.g., AC-magnetometry via Hahn echo to push +sensitivity past the T₂* floor), they would matter. + +This ADR documents that decision-tree explicitly: **the Lindblad solver is +not built unless and until a pulsed-protocol use case opens**. + +## Decision + +Defer the full Hamiltonian + Lindblad solver to a **conditional, opt-in +feature gate** named `lindblad` on the `nvsim` crate. Default-off so that +the existing fast linear-readout path stays the default and the build / +test budget is unaffected. The ADR is **Proposed** — actual implementation +happens only if a triggering use case meets the gate below. + +### Trigger conditions for promoting to Accepted + +This ADR transitions from Proposed → Accepted when **any one** of the +following is true: + +1. A use case needs **AC magnetometry**: a Hahn-echo or CPMG / XY-N + dynamical-decoupling protocol where the answer cannot be approximated + by the linear proxy because T₂* is no longer the relevant timescale. +2. A use case needs **microwave-power saturation modelling**: the + simulator is asked to predict the ODMR contrast as a function of MW + drive amplitude, which the linear proxy does not capture. +3. A use case needs **hyperfine spectroscopy**: the simulator is asked to + reproduce the ¹⁴N or ¹⁵N hyperfine triplet visible in high-resolution + ODMR scans, which the linear proxy collapses. +4. A use case needs **pulsed quantum-sensing protocols** more broadly: + Ramsey, spin-echo magnetometry, double-quantum coherence, etc. + +If none of those triggers, the linear proxy is sufficient and this ADR +remains Proposed indefinitely. + +### Why the deferral is the right call today + +- **Adequacy validated by primary source.** Barry 2020 §III.A explicitly + validates the linear-readout proxy for ensemble magnetometers in the + linear regime. nvsim's existing `sensor.rs` matches Wolf 2015 within 4×. + We're not under-modelling — we're correctly-modelling. +- **3–7 days of focused work.** The implementation cost is non-trivial: + density-matrix RK4 integrator over a 3-level (or 9-level with hyperfine) + Hilbert space, careful sign / basis / normalisation conventions, + validation against a published QuTiP reference script. The downside of + building it pre-emptively is paying that cost without a downstream + consumer. +- **No current downstream consumer.** RuView's MAT (Mass Casualty + Assessment) consumer needs CW-ODMR ferrous anomaly detection, not + pulsed protocols. ADR-066 swarm-bridge (proposed) is similarly + CW-amplitude-only. +- **Not blocked.** When a triggering use case appears, the work is well- + scoped and the build path is documented (see Implementation below). + Deferral is reversible at any time. + +### Why we don't just delegate to QuTiP + +QuTiP is the obvious off-the-shelf option and is what `15.md` §6 originally +proposed deferring to. Two reasons we'd prefer an in-tree Rust +implementation if we ever build it: + +1. **Determinism**. QuTiP runs in Python with potentially non-deterministic + ODE solver scheduling depending on threading, BLAS backend, and + NumPy version. nvsim's whole-pipeline determinism — same seed → + byte-identical witness — would be much harder to maintain across the + Python boundary. +2. **CI integration**. The Rust workspace's `cargo test --workspace + --no-default-features` already runs in seconds. Adding QuTiP would + pull a Python dependency into CI and slow the gate. + +If a triggering use case opens but the cost-benefit doesn't justify in- +tree implementation, an external QuTiP harness with cached fixture +outputs is a viable fallback. + +## Consequences + +### Positive + +- **No premature engineering.** 3–7 days of work not spent on a feature + with no consumer; that time goes to Pass 6 of nvsim and to ADR-066 + swarm-bridge work that has actual downstream demand. +- **Honest scope.** ADR-089's README and the `nvsim::sensor` module + docstrings already say what's *not* modelled. ADR-090 is the + formal accountability for that boundary. +- **Reversible.** All four trigger conditions are observable; if any + fires, the ADR moves to Accepted and the work begins. + +### Negative / risks + +- **Risk of premature commitment if triggers fire.** If pulsed-protocol + use cases emerge late in the project (e.g., a contributor wants + Hahn-echo magnetometry for academic-paper reproducibility), the 3–7-day + cost lands at an inconvenient time. Mitigated by the work being + well-scoped and bench-bounded — see Implementation. +- **Documentation debt.** Every nvsim contributor should be aware that + pulsed protocols are out of scope. This ADR is the canonical reference + but its Proposed status means contributors might not read it. Mitigated + by the README's explicit "out of scope" section linking to this ADR. + +### Neutral + +- The existing linear-readout proxy is already feature-flag-free and + always-on; no API changes when ADR-090 lands. The Lindblad path is + additive. + +## Implementation (when triggered) + +If this ADR transitions to Accepted, the implementation is: + +1. **Add `lindblad` feature to `nvsim/Cargo.toml`** — opt-in, default-off. + Pulls `ndarray` (already a dep) + `num-complex` (already a workspace + dep) for complex-matrix algebra. +2. **`src/lindblad.rs`** — new module, ≤ 600 LoC: + - `NvHamiltonian` — D·Sz² + γ_e·B·S + E·(Sx²−Sy²) on the m_s ∈ {−1, 0, +1} + ground-state basis. Optional ¹⁴N or ¹⁵N hyperfine extension. + - `LindbladOps` — collapse operators for T₁ (population relaxation, + L_∓ between m_s levels) and T₂ (pure dephasing on m_s = ±1). + - `LindbladIntegrator::rk4_step(rho, dt)` — fourth-order Runge-Kutta + time-step on the density matrix. + - `Pulse` enum — supports CW, square, Gaussian-shaped MW pulses. +3. **`src/lindblad_protocols.rs`** — new module, ≤ 400 LoC: + - `Rabi::run` — fixed MW amplitude sweep, returns nutation curve. + - `HahnEcho::run` — π/2 — τ — π — τ — π/2 detection sequence. + - `Cpmg::run` — repeated π pulses for dynamical decoupling. +4. **Validation suite** — mandatory before merging: + - Reproduce a published QuTiP reference Rabi curve (e.g., from a + Doherty 2013 supplementary script) within 1% per-bin error. + - Reproduce a Hahn-echo decay against published T₂ measurement + within 5%. + - Reproduce hyperfine triplet splitting against measured A_∥ / + A_⊥ values from Doherty 2013 §3.4. +5. **Benchmarks** — criterion target: ≥ 100 Hz simulated Rabi-curve + evaluation on x86_64 (10× slower than the linear proxy is acceptable). +6. **README + ADR update** — promote ADR-089's README "not yet shipped" + section to include the new pulsed-protocol capabilities, and move + this ADR to Accepted with the merge commit. + +Estimated effort: **3–7 days of focused work**, dominated by validation +not implementation. + +## Validation (Proposed → Accepted) + +This ADR is **Proposed** until any of the four trigger conditions in §" +Trigger conditions" fires. When that happens: + +1. Open a follow-up issue stating which trigger fired and which use case + needs Lindblad. +2. The implementation §1–6 above defines the build. +3. Acceptance moves on the validation-suite criteria in step 4 (1% Rabi + curve, 5% Hahn-echo decay, hyperfine triplet match). +4. Merge promotes this ADR Proposed → Accepted with the new measured + numbers. + +## Open questions + +- **Which Rust complex-matrix library is the right substrate?** Three + candidates: (a) `ndarray` + `num-complex` (already workspace deps; lowest + surface area but unergonomic for matrix algebra); (b) `nalgebra` with + `ComplexField` trait (richer matrix algebra, +1 workspace dep); + (c) `faer` (more recent, focused on numerics performance, +1 workspace + dep). Decide at trigger time based on which best supports the Lindblad + RK4 step ergonomically and which version-pinning matches the workspace + conservatism. +- **Is hyperfine modelling in v1 or v2?** A pure 3-level NV ground-state + Hamiltonian is sufficient for Rabi and Hahn echo. ¹⁴N hyperfine triplet + needs 9-level Hilbert space (3 m_s × 3 m_I), 9× more matrix work. v1 + could ship with hyperfine off behind a sub-feature; v2 enables it. +- **Should the Lindblad solver back-validate the linear proxy?** Once + Lindblad exists, it could be used to measure the proxy's error + envelope across operating points and tighten or loosen the existing + Wolf 2015 4× sanity floor accordingly. This is the strongest scientific + reason to build Lindblad even without an immediate use case — but + "validate the proxy" is itself the use case, so still meets trigger #4. + +## Related + +- **ADR-089** — nvsim NV-diamond simulator. The crate this extension + attaches to. +- **ADR-018** — CSI binary frame format. Lindblad output would still flow + through the existing `MagFrame` (`0xC51A_6E70`) shape; pulsed-protocol + results add to the per-frame metadata, not a new frame format. +- **ADR-028** — ESP32 capability audit. Lindblad is host-side only; ESP32 + firmware untouched. +- **ADR-066** — Swarm bridge. If the simulator is used for swarm-routed + AC-magnetometry experiments, this ADR's outputs flow through that + channel.