qat.core

This module provides the core data structures and functions needed in the framework.

Objects for writing a job

Following are used to send a circuit/schedule or a set of circuits/schedules to a plugin or to a QPU. The circuit is then compiled or executed. The Job class is used to send a single Circuit or Schedule to a QPU whereas the Batch class is used to send several Circuit objects or several Schedule objects at the same time.

`qat.core.Batch`	Collection of `Job` objects
`qat.core.Circuit`	Quantum circuit describing a collection of gates
`qat.core.Job`	Job that can be processed by a QPU
`qat.core.Schedule`	Encoding of time-dependent Hamiltonians

Objects for parsing a job result

`qat.core.BatchResult`	Collection of `Result` objects
`qat.core.Result`	Result of a quantum processing
`qat.core.Sample`	One sample of the `Result` of a quantum processing
`qat.core.wrappers.result.State`	Represents a classical state

Hardware specifications

Hardware specifications are described by the class HardwareSpecs.

`qat.core.HardwareSpecs`	Hardware specification of a quantum processor
`qat.core.Topology`	Describes the topology of a quantum processor
`qat.core.TopologyType`	Enumeration describing the type of a `Topology`

Variables and Parameters

When defining a variational circuit, pyAQASM provides its own way to declare variables (via the qat.lang.Program.new_var() method). However, it is possible to turn most parts of a Job into a parametrized quantity using Variable objects.

`qat.core.Parameter`	Time-dependent parameter than can be included within a `Schedule`
`qat.core.Variable`	Typed variable, which can `ArithExpression` objects

More utilities on Variable objects are documented in qat.core.variables.

Misc. utilities

`qat.core.assertion.assert_plugin()`	Ensure an assertion is valid (to be used in a Plugin)
`qat.core.assertion.assert_qpu()`	Ensure an assertion is valid (to be used in a QPU)
`qat.core.console.display()`	Displays a circuit on the terminal using ASCII art
`qat.core.formula_eval.evaluate()`	Evaluate a logical formula
`qat.core.printer.plot_in_notebook()`	Displays a circuit inside a Jupyter notebook
`qat.core.wrappers.result.aggregate_data()`	Aggregate data