#!/usr/bin/env python # coding: utf-8 # # 2-qubit GST with a custom 2-qubit gate # While pyGSTi is able to support several common types of 2-qubit gates, the space of all possible 2-qubit gates is so large that some users will need to construct their own particular 2-qubit gate "from scratch". In this tutorial, we look at how to construct a 2-qubit gateset with a "non-standard" 2-qubit gate. # # The previous tutorial gave an overview of the steps to run GST on a "standard" 2-qubit system. In that case, the gate set, fiducials, germs, etc., are already contained in pyGSTi within a `pygsti.construction.stdXXX` module. The previous tutorial also showed how to use `build_gateset` to construct a gate set single-qubit rotations and a CNOT gate. The only difference when working with a "non-standard" gate set is in the creation of the "target gate set" object. Thus, **in this tutorial we focus only on creating a custom 2-qubit gate** - the rest of the procedure for doing 2-qubit GST is identical to that in the previous tutorial. # In[1]: import pygsti # ## Create a gateset with only single-qubit gates # Since the space of single-qubit gates is relatively small, let's assume that the single-qubit gates in our gateset are able to be specified using the `build_gateset`. Then we can construct a `GateSet` object containing all but the two-qubit gate(s) using `build_gateset` just as in other tutorials. # # If our 2-qubit gate happened to be one that *could* be specified using `build_gateset` then we would just use it to construct the entire `GateSet` and we would be done. Currently, `build_gateset` can create any controlled $X$, $Y$, or $Z$ rotation using `CX`, `CY` and `CZ` (for details, see how `CX` was used to construct a CNOT gate in the previous tutorial). # In[2]: # Notes on build_gateset arguments: # [4] = a 4-dimensional Hilbert (state) space # [('Q0','Q1')] = interpret this 4-d space as that of two qubits 'Q0', and 'Q1' (note these labels *must* begin with 'Q'!) # "Gix" = gate label; can be anything that begins with 'G' and is followed by lowercase letters # "X(pi/2,Q1)" = pi/2 single-qubit x-rotation gate on the qubit labeled Q1 # "rho0" = prep label; can be anything that begins with "rho" # "E1" = effect label; can be anything that begins with "E" # "2" = a prep or effect expression indicating a projection/preparation of the 3rd (b/c 0-based) computational basis element # 'dnup': ('rho0','E2') = designate the SPAM label "dnup" to mean preparation using "rho0" (a prep label) and measuring the outcome "E2" (an effect label) # "pp" = create all of these gate & SPAM operators in the Pauli-product basis. gs_target = pygsti.construction.build_gateset( [4], [('Q0','Q1')],['Gix','Gix','Gxi','Gyi'], [ "X(pi/2,Q1)", "Y(pi/2,Q1)", "X(pi/2,Q0)", "Y(pi/2,Q0)"], prepLabels=['rho0'], prepExpressions=["0"], effectLabels=['E0','E1','E2'], effectExpressions=["0","1","2"], spamdefs={'upup': ('rho0','E0'), 'updn': ('rho0','E1'), 'dnup': ('rho0','E2'), 'dndn': ('rho0','remainder') }, basis="pp") # ## Create a 2-qubit gate # This is how you create a 2-qubit gate from a given unitary which acts on the state space. # In[3]: import numpy as np #Unitary in acting on the state-space { |A>, |B>, |C>, |D> } == { |00>, |01>, |10>, |11> }. # This unitary rotates the second qubit by pi/2 in either the (+) or (-) direction based on # the state of the first qubit. myUnitary = 1./np.sqrt(2) * np.array([[1,-1j,0,0], [-1j,1,0,0], [0,0,1,1j], [0,0,1j,1]]) #Convert this unitary into a "superoperator", which acts on the # space of vectorized density matrices instead of just the state space. # These superoperators are what GST calls "gates". mySuperOp_stdbasis = pygsti.unitary_to_process_mx(myUnitary) #After the call to unitary_to_process_mx, the superoperator is a complex matrix # in the "standard" or "matrix unit" basis given by { |A>