Source code for qiskit.circuit.library.quantum_volume

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"""Quantum Volume model circuit."""

from typing import Optional

import numpy as np
from qiskit.quantum_info.random import random_unitary
from qiskit.circuit import QuantumCircuit
from qiskit.circuit.library.generalized_gates.permutation import Permutation


[docs]class QuantumVolume(QuantumCircuit): """A quantum volume model circuit. The model circuits are random instances of circuits used to measure the Quantum Volume metric, as introduced in [1]. The model circuits consist of layers of Haar random elements of SU(4) applied between corresponding pairs of qubits in a random bipartition. **Reference Circuit:** .. jupyter-execute:: :hide-code: from qiskit.circuit.library import QuantumVolume import qiskit.tools.jupyter circuit = QuantumVolume(5, 6, seed=10) circuit.draw('mpl') **Expanded Circuit:** .. jupyter-execute:: :hide-code: from qiskit.circuit.library import QuantumVolume import qiskit.tools.jupyter circuit = QuantumVolume(5, 6, seed=10, classical_permutation=False) %circuit_library_info circuit.decompose() **References:** [1] A. Cross et al. Validating quantum computers using randomized model circuits, Phys. Rev. A 100, 032328 (2019). [`arXiv:1811.12926 <https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.12926>`_] """ def __init__(self, num_qubits: int, depth: Optional[int] = None, seed: Optional[int] = None, classical_permutation: bool = True) -> None: """Create quantum volume model circuit of size num_qubits x depth. Args: num_qubits: number of active qubits in model circuit. depth: layers of SU(4) operations in model circuit. seed: randomization seed. classical_permutation: use classical permutations at every layer, rather than quantum. """ depth = depth or num_qubits # how many layers of SU(4) width = int(np.floor(num_qubits/2)) # how many SU(4)s fit in each layer if seed is None: rng_set = np.random.default_rng() seed = rng_set.integers(low=1, high=1000) name = "quantum_volume_" + str([num_qubits, depth, seed]).replace(' ', '') super().__init__(num_qubits, name=name) rng = np.random.default_rng(seed) unitary_seeds = rng.integers(low=1, high=1000, size=[depth, width]) # For each layer, generate a permutation of qubits # Then generate and apply a Haar-random SU(4) to each pair inner = QuantumCircuit(num_qubits, name=name) perm_0 = list(range(num_qubits)) for d in range(depth): perm = rng.permutation(perm_0) if not classical_permutation: layer_perm = Permutation(num_qubits, perm) inner.compose(layer_perm, inplace=True) for w in range(width): seed_u = unitary_seeds[d][w] su4 = random_unitary(4, seed=seed_u).to_instruction() su4.label = 'su4_' + str(seed_u) if classical_permutation: physical_qubits = int(perm[2*w]), int(perm[2*w+1]) inner.compose(su4, [physical_qubits[0], physical_qubits[1]], inplace=True) else: inner.compose(su4, [2*w, 2*w+1], inplace=True) inner.label = name self.append(inner, self.qubits)