Delay
class Delay(duration, channel=None, name=None)
A blocking instruction with no other effect. The delay is used for aligning and scheduling other instructions.
Example
To schedule an instruction at time = 10, on a channel assigned to the variable channel, the following could be used:
sched = Schedule(name="Delay instruction example")
sched += Delay(10, channel)
sched += Gaussian(duration, amp, sigma, channel)The channel will output no signal from time=0 up until time=10.
Create a new delay instruction.
No other instruction may be scheduled within a Delay.
Parameters
- duration (
int) – Length of time of the delay in terms of dt. - channel (
Optional[Channel]) – The channel that will have the delay. - name (
Optional[str]) – Name of the delay for display purposes.
Attributes
channel
Type: qiskit.pulse.channels.Channel
Return the Channel that this instruction is scheduled on.
Return type
channels
Type: Tuple[qiskit.pulse.channels.Channel]
Returns channels that this schedule uses.
Return type
Tuple[Channel]
command
Type: qiskit.pulse.commands.command.Command
The associated command. Commands are deprecated, so this method will be deprecated shortly.
Return type
Command
duration
Type: int
Duration of this instruction.
Return type
int
id
Type: int
Unique identifier for this instruction.
Return type
int
instructions
Type: Tuple[Tuple[int, qiskit.pulse.instructions.instruction.Instruction]]
Iterable for getting instructions from Schedule tree.
Return type
Tuple[Tuple[int, Instruction]]
name
Type: str
Name of this instruction.
Return type
str
operands
Type: Tuple
Return instruction operands.
Return type
Tuple
start_time
Type: int
Relative begin time of this instruction.
Return type
int
stop_time
Type: int
Relative end time of this instruction.
Return type
int
timeslots
Type: Dict[qiskit.pulse.channels.Channel, List[Tuple[int, int]]]
Occupied time slots by this instruction.
Return type
Dict[Channel, List[Tuple[int, int]]]
Methods
__call__
Delay.__call__(channel)
Return new Delay that is fully instantiated with both duration and a channel.
Parameters
channel (Channel) – The channel that will have the delay.
Return type
Returns
Complete and ready to schedule Delay.
Raises
PulseError – If channel has already been set.
append
Delay.append(schedule, name=None)
Return a new Schedule with schedule inserted at the maximum time over all channels shared between self and schedule.
Parameters
- schedule (
ScheduleComponent) – schedule to be appended - name (
Optional[str]) – Name of the new schedule. Defaults to name of self
Return type
ch_duration
Delay.ch_duration(*channels)
Return duration of the supplied channels in this Instruction.
Parameters
*channels – Supplied channels
Return type
int
ch_start_time
Delay.ch_start_time(*channels)
Return minimum start time for supplied channels.
Parameters
*channels – Supplied channels
Return type
int
ch_stop_time
Delay.ch_stop_time(*channels)
Return maximum start time for supplied channels.
Parameters
*channels – Supplied channels
Return type
int
draw
Delay.draw(dt=1, style=None, filename=None, interp_method=None, scale=1, channels_to_plot=None, plot_all=False, plot_range=None, interactive=False, table=True, label=False, framechange=True, scaling=None, channels=None)
Plot the instruction.
Parameters
- dt (
float) – Time interval of samples - style (Optional[SchedStyle]) – A style sheet to configure plot appearance
- filename (
Optional[str]) – Name required to save pulse image - interp_method (
Optional[Callable]) – A function for interpolation - scale (
float) – Relative visual scaling of waveform amplitudes - channels_to_plot (
Optional[List[Channel]]) – Deprecated, see channels - plot_all (
bool) – Plot empty channels - plot_range (
Optional[Tuple[float]]) – A tuple of time range to plot - interactive (
bool) – When set true show the circuit in a new window (this depends on the matplotlib backend being used supporting this) - table (
bool) – Draw event table for supported instructions - label (
bool) – Label individual instructions - framechange (
bool) – Add framechange indicators - scaling (
Optional[float]) – Deprecated, see scale - channels (
Optional[List[Channel]]) – A list of channel names to plot
Returns
A matplotlib figure object of the pulse schedule
Return type
matplotlib.figure
flatten
insert
Delay.insert(start_time, schedule, name=None)
Return a new Schedule with schedule inserted within self at start_time.
Parameters
- start_time (
int) – Time to insert the schedule schedule - schedule (
ScheduleComponent) – Schedule to insert - name (
Optional[str]) – Name of the new schedule. Defaults to name of self
Return type
shift
Delay.shift(time, name=None)
Return a new schedule shifted forward by time.
Parameters
- time (
int) – Time to shift by - name (
Optional[str]) – Name of the new schedule. Defaults to name of self
Return type
union
Delay.union(*schedules, name=None)
Return a new schedule which is the union of self and schedule.
Parameters
- *schedules – Schedules to be take the union with this Instruction.
- name (
Optional[str]) – Name of the new schedule. Defaults to name of self
Return type