pytket-qsharp 0.6.0

Extension for pytket, providing simulators from Microsoft QDK

pytket-qsharp

Pytket is a Python module for interfacing with CQC t|ket>, a set of quantum programming tools.

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 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:

1. See this page for instructions on installing the SDK on your operating system.

2. On Linux, ensure that the dotnet tools directory is on your path. Typically this will be ~/.dotnet/tools.

3. Run dotnet tool install -g Microsoft.Quantum.IQSharp.

4. Run dotnet iqsharp install --user.

Backends provided in this module

This module provides three backends, all deriving from the pytket Backend class:

• 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 a get_resources method, which returns a dictionary.

LICENCE

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