Delay
class Delay(duration, unit='dt')
Bases: qiskit.circuit.instruction.Instruction
Do nothing and just delay/wait/idle for a specified duration.
Create new delay instruction.
Methods
add_decomposition
Delay.add_decomposition(decomposition)
Add a decomposition of the instruction to the SessionEquivalenceLibrary.
assemble
Delay.assemble()
Assemble a QasmQobjInstruction
broadcast_arguments
Delay.broadcast_arguments(qargs, cargs)
Validation of the arguments.
Parameters
- qargs (List) – List of quantum bit arguments.
- cargs (List) – List of classical bit arguments.
Yields
Tuple(List, List) – A tuple with single arguments.
Raises
CircuitError – If the input is not valid. For example, the number of arguments does not match the gate expectation.
c_if
Delay.c_if(classical, val)
Set a classical equality condition on this instruction between the register or cbit classical and value val.
This is a setter method, not an additive one. Calling this multiple times will silently override any previously set condition; it does not stack.
copy
Delay.copy(name=None)
Copy of the instruction.
Parameters
name (str) – name to be given to the copied circuit, if None then the name stays the same.
Returns
a copy of the current instruction, with the name
updated if it was provided
Return type
inverse
Delay.inverse()
Special case. Return self.
is_parameterized
Delay.is_parameterized()
Return True .IFF. instruction is parameterized else False
qasm
Delay.qasm()
Return a default OpenQASM string for the instruction.
Derived instructions may override this to print in a different format (e.g. measure q[0] -> c[0];).
repeat
Delay.repeat(n)
Creates an instruction with gate repeated n amount of times.
Parameters
n (int) – Number of times to repeat the instruction
Returns
Containing the definition.
Return type
Raises
CircuitError – If n < 1.
reverse_ops
Delay.reverse_ops()
For a composite instruction, reverse the order of sub-instructions.
This is done by recursively reversing all sub-instructions. It does not invert any gate.
Returns
a new instruction with
sub-instructions reversed.
Return type
soft_compare
Delay.soft_compare(other)
Soft comparison between gates. Their names, number of qubits, and classical bit numbers must match. The number of parameters must match. Each parameter is compared. If one is a ParameterExpression then it is not taken into account.
Parameters
other (instruction) – other instruction.
Returns
are self and other equal up to parameter expressions.
Return type
bool
to_matrix
Delay.to_matrix()
Return a Numpy.array for the unitary matrix. This has been added to enable simulation without making delay a full Gate type.
Returns
matrix representation.
Return type
np.ndarray
validate_parameter
Delay.validate_parameter(parameter)
Delay parameter (i.e. duration) must be int, float or ParameterExpression.
Attributes
condition_bits
decompositions
Get the decompositions of the instruction from the SessionEquivalenceLibrary.
definition
Return definition in terms of other basic gates.
duration
Get the duration of this delay.
label
Return instruction label
Return type
str
name
Return the name.
num_clbits
Return the number of clbits.
num_qubits
Return the number of qubits.
params
return instruction params.
unit
Get the time unit of duration.