Extension for pytket, providing simulators from Microsoft QDK
Project description
pytket-qsharp
Pytket is a Python module for interfacing with CQC tket, a set of quantum programming tools.
Azure Quantum is a portal for accessing quantum computers via Microsoft Azure.
Microsoft's QDK is a language and associated toolkit for quantum programming.
pytket-qsharp is an extension to pytket that allows pytket circuits to be
executed on remote devices and simulators via Azure Quantum,
as well as local simulators and resource estimators from the Microsoft QDK.
Getting started
pytket-qsharp is available for Python 3.6, 3.7 and 3.8, on Linux, MacOS and Windows. To
install, run:
pip install pytket-qsharp
In order to use pytket-qsharp you will first need to install the dotnet SDK
(3.1) and the iqsharp tool. On some Linux systems it is also necessary to
modify your PATH:
-
See this page for instructions on installing the SDK on your operating system.
-
On Linux, ensure that the
dotnettools directory is on your path. Typically this will be~/.dotnet/tools. -
Run
dotnet tool install -g Microsoft.Quantum.IQSharp. -
Run
dotnet iqsharp install --user.
Alternatively, you can set up an environment with all the required packages using conda:
conda create -n qsharp-env -c quantum-engineering qsharp notebook
conda activate qsharp-env
Backends provided in this module
This module provides four
backends, all deriving
from the pytket Backend class:
-
AzureBackend, for executing pytket circuits on targets the user has access to on Azure Quantum; -
QsharpSimulatorBackend, for simulating a general pure-quantum circuit using the QDK; -
QsharpToffoliSimulatorBackend, for simulating a Toffoli circuit using the QDK; -
QsharpEstimatorBackend, for estimating various quantum resources of a circuit using the QDK. This provides aget_resourcesmethod, which returns a dictionary.
LICENCE
Copyright 2020-2021 Cambridge Quantum Computing
You may not use this product except in compliance with the Licence. You may view the License here.
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