tensorcircuit.translation#

Circuit object translation in different packages

tensorcircuit.translation.ctrl_str2ctrl_state(ctrl_str: str, nctrl: int) β†’ List[int][source]#
tensorcircuit.translation.eqasm2tc(eqasm: str, nqubits: Optional[int] = None, headers: Tuple[int, int] = (6, 1)) β†’ tensorcircuit.circuit.Circuit[source]#

Translation qexe/eqasm instruction to tensorcircuit Circuit object

Parameters
  • eqasm (str) – _description_

  • nqubits (Optional[int], optional) – _description_, defaults to None

  • headers (Tuple[int, int], optional) – lines of ignored code at the head and the tail, defaults to (6, 1)

Returns

_description_

Return type

Circuit

tensorcircuit.translation.json2qir(tcqasm: List[Dict[str, Any]]) β†’ List[Dict[str, Any]][source]#
tensorcircuit.translation.json_to_tensor(a: Any) β†’ Any[source]#
tensorcircuit.translation.perm_matrix(n: int) β†’ Any[source]#

Generate a permutation matrix P. Due to the different convention or qubits’ order in qiskit and tensorcircuit, the unitary represented by the same circuit is different. They are related by this permutation matrix P: P @ U_qiskit @ P = U_tc

Parameters

n (int) – # of qubits

Returns

The permutation matrix P

Return type

Tensor

tensorcircuit.translation.qir2cirq(qir: List[Dict[str, Any]], n: int, extra_qir: Optional[List[Dict[str, Any]]] = None) β†’ Any[source]#

Generate a cirq circuit using the quantum intermediate representation (qir) in tensorcircuit.

Example

>>> c = tc.Circuit(2)
>>> c.H(1)
>>> c.X(1)
>>> cisc = tc.translation.qir2cirq(c.to_qir(), 2)
>>> print(cisc)
1: ───H───X───
Parameters
  • qir (List[Dict[str, Any]]) – The quantum intermediate representation of a circuit.

  • n (int) – # of qubits

  • extra_qir (Optional[List[Dict[str, Any]]]) – The extra quantum IR of tc circuit including measure and reset on hardware, defaults to None

Returns

qiskit cirq object

Return type

Any

#TODO(@erertertet): add default theta to iswap gate add more cirq built-in gate instead of customized add unitary test with tolerance add support of cirq built-in ControlledGate for multiplecontroll support more element in qir, e.g. barrier, measure…

tensorcircuit.translation.qir2json(qir: List[Dict[str, Any]], simplified: bool = False) β†’ List[Dict[str, Any]][source]#

transform qir to json compatible list of dict where array is replaced by real and imaginary list

Parameters
  • qir (List[Dict[str, Any]]) – _description_

  • simplified (bool) – If False, keep all info for each gate, defaults to be False. If True, suitable for IO since less information is required

Returns

_description_

Return type

List[Dict[str, Any]]

tensorcircuit.translation.qir2qiskit(qir: List[Dict[str, Any]], n: int, extra_qir: Optional[List[Dict[str, Any]]] = None, initialization: Optional[Any] = None) β†’ Any[source]#

Generate a qiskit quantum circuit using the quantum intermediate representation (qir) in tensorcircuit.

Example

>>> c = tc.Circuit(2)
>>> c.H(1)
>>> c.X(1)
>>> qisc = tc.translation.qir2qiskit(c.to_qir(), 2)
>>> qisc.data
[(Instruction(name='h', num_qubits=1, num_clbits=0, params=[]), [Qubit(QuantumRegister(2, 'q'), 1)], []),
 (Instruction(name='x', num_qubits=1, num_clbits=0, params=[]), [Qubit(QuantumRegister(2, 'q'), 1)], [])]
Parameters
  • qir (List[Dict[str, Any]]) – The quantum intermediate representation of a circuit.

  • n (int) – # of qubits

  • extra_qir (Optional[List[Dict[str, Any]]]) – The extra quantum IR of tc circuit including measure and reset on hardware, defaults to None

  • initialization (Optional[Tensor]) – Circuit initial state in qiskit format

Returns

qiskit QuantumCircuit object

Return type

Any

tensorcircuit.translation.qiskit2tc(qcdata: List[Any], n: int, inputs: Optional[List[float]] = None, is_dm: bool = False, circuit_constructor: Optional[Any] = None, circuit_params: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None, binding_params: Optional[Union[Sequence[float], Dict[Any, float]]] = None) β†’ Any[source]#

Generate a tensorcircuit circuit using the quantum circuit data in qiskit.

Example

>>> qisc = QuantumCircuit(2)
>>> qisc.h(0)
>>> qisc.x(1)
>>> qc = tc.translation.qiskit2tc(qisc.data, 2)
>>> qc.to_qir()[0]['gatef']
h
Parameters
  • qcdata (List[CircuitInstruction]) – Quantum circuit data from qiskit.

  • n (int) – # of qubits

  • inputs (Optional[List[float]]) – Input state of the circuit. Default is None.

  • circuit_constructor – Circuit, DMCircuit or MPSCircuit

  • circuit_params (Optional[Dict[str, Any]]) – kwargs given in Circuit.__init__ construction function, default to None.

  • binding_params (Optional[Union[Sequence[float], Dict[Any, float]]]) – (variational) parameters for the circuit. Could be either a sequence or dictionary depending on the type of parameters in the Qiskit circuit. For ParameterVectorElement use sequence. For Parameter use dictionary

Returns

A quantum circuit in tensorcircuit

Return type

Any

tensorcircuit.translation.qiskit_from_qasm_str_ordered_measure(qasm_str: str) β†’ Any[source]#

qiskit from_qasm_str method cannot keep the order of measure as the qasm file, we provide this alternative function in case the order of measure instruction matters

Parameters

qasm_str (str) – open qasm str

Returns

qiskit.circuit.QuantumCircuit

Return type

Any

tensorcircuit.translation.tensor_to_json(a: Any) β†’ Any[source]#