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qiskit.providers.basicaer.StatevectorSimulatorPy

class StatevectorSimulatorPy(configuration=None, provider=None)

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Python statevector simulator.

Base class for backends.

This method should initialize the module and its configuration, and raise an exception if a component of the module is not available.

Parameters

Raises

QiskitError – if an error occurred when instantiating the backend.

__init__

__init__(configuration=None, provider=None)

Base class for backends.

This method should initialize the module and its configuration, and raise an exception if a component of the module is not available.

Parameters

Raises

QiskitError – if an error occurred when instantiating the backend.


Methods

__init__([configuration, provider])Base class for backends.
configuration()Return the backend configuration.
name()Return the backend name.
properties()Return the backend properties.
provider()Return the backend Provider.
run(qobj[, backend_options])Run qobj asynchronously.
run_experiment(experiment)Run an experiment (circuit) and return a single experiment result.
status()Return the backend status.
version()Return the backend version.

Attributes

DEFAULT_CONFIGURATION
DEFAULT_OPTIONS
MAX_QUBITS_MEMORY
SHOW_FINAL_STATE

configuration

configuration()

Return the backend configuration.

Returns

the configuration for the backend.

Return type

BackendConfiguration

name

name()

Return the backend name.

Returns

the name of the backend.

Return type

str

properties

properties()

Return the backend properties.

Returns

the configuration for the backend. If the backend does not support properties, it returns None.

Return type

BackendProperties

provider

provider()

Return the backend Provider.

Returns

the Provider responsible for the backend.

Return type

BaseProvider

run

run(qobj, backend_options=None)

Run qobj asynchronously.

Parameters

  • qobj (Qobj) – payload of the experiment
  • backend_options (dict) – backend options

Returns

derived from BaseJob

Return type

BasicAerJob

Additional Information:

backend_options: Is a dict of options for the backend. It may contain
    * "initial_statevector": vector_like
    * "chop_threshold": double
 
The "initial_statevector" option specifies a custom initial
initial statevector for the simulator to be used instead of the all
zero state. This size of this vector must be correct for the number
of qubits in all experiments in the qobj.
 
The "chop_threshold" option specifies a truncation value for
setting small values to zero in the output statevector. The default
value is 1e-15.
 
Example::
 
    backend_options = {
        "initial_statevector": np.array([1, 0, 0, 1j]) / np.sqrt(2),
        "chop_threshold": 1e-15
    }

run_experiment

run_experiment(experiment)

Run an experiment (circuit) and return a single experiment result.

Parameters

experiment (QobjExperiment) – experiment from qobj experiments list

Returns

A result dictionary which looks something like:

{
"name": name of this experiment (obtained from qobj.experiment header)
"seed": random seed used for simulation
"shots": number of shots used in the simulation
"data":
    {
    "counts": {'0x9: 5, ...},
    "memory": ['0x9', '0xF', '0x1D', ..., '0x9']
    },
"status": status string for the simulation
"success": boolean
"time_taken": simulation time of this single experiment
}

Return type

dict

Raises

BasicAerError – if an error occurred.

status

status()

Return the backend status.

Returns

the status of the backend.

Return type

BackendStatus

version

version()

Return the backend version.

Returns

the X.X.X version of the backend.

Return type

str

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