ControlledGate
class qiskit.circuit.ControlledGate(name, num_qubits, params, label=None, num_ctrl_qubits=1, definition=None, ctrl_state=None, base_gate=None, duration=None, unit=None, *, _base_label=None)
Bases: Gate
Controlled unitary gate.
Create a new ControlledGate. In the new gate the first num_ctrl_qubits of the gate are the controls.
Parameters
- name (str) – The name of the gate.
- num_qubits (int) – The number of qubits the gate acts on.
- params (list) – A list of parameters for the gate.
- label (Optional[str]) – An optional label for the gate.
- num_ctrl_qubits (Optional[int]) – Number of control qubits.
- definition (Optional['QuantumCircuit']) – A list of gate rules for implementing this gate. The elements of the list are tuples of (
Gate(), [qubit_list], [clbit_list]). - ctrl_state (Optional[Union[int, str]]) – The control state in decimal or as a bitstring (e.g. ‘111’). If specified as a bitstring the length must equal num_ctrl_qubits, MSB on left. If None, use 2**num_ctrl_qubits-1.
- base_gate (Optional[Gate]) – Gate object to be controlled.
Raises
- CircuitError – If
num_ctrl_qubits>=num_qubits. - CircuitError – ctrl_state < 0 or ctrl_state > 2**num_ctrl_qubits.
Examples:
Create a controlled standard gate and apply it to a circuit.
from qiskit import QuantumCircuit, QuantumRegister
from qiskit.circuit.library.standard_gates import HGate
qr = QuantumRegister(3)
qc = QuantumCircuit(qr)
c3h_gate = HGate().control(2)
qc.append(c3h_gate, qr)
qc.draw('mpl')
Create a controlled custom gate and apply it to a circuit.
from qiskit import QuantumCircuit, QuantumRegister
from qiskit.circuit.library.standard_gates import HGate
qc1 = QuantumCircuit(2)
qc1.x(0)
qc1.h(1)
custom = qc1.to_gate().control(2)
qc2 = QuantumCircuit(4)
qc2.append(custom, [0, 3, 1, 2])
qc2.draw('mpl')
Attributes
base_class
Get the base class of this instruction. This is guaranteed to be in the inheritance tree of self.
The “base class” of an instruction is the lowest class in its inheritance tree that the object should be considered entirely compatible with for _all_ circuit applications. This typically means that the subclass is defined purely to offer some sort of programmer convenience over the base class, and the base class is the “true” class for a behavioural perspective. In particular, you should not override base_class if you are defining a custom version of an instruction that will be implemented differently by hardware, such as an alternative measurement strategy, or a version of a parametrised gate with a particular set of parameters for the purposes of distinguishing it in a Target from the full parametrised gate.
This is often exactly equivalent to type(obj), except in the case of singleton instances of standard-library instructions. These singleton instances are special subclasses of their base class, and this property will return that base. For example:
>>> isinstance(XGate(), XGate)
True
>>> type(XGate()) is XGate
False
>>> XGate().base_class is XGate
TrueIn general, you should not rely on the precise class of an instruction; within a given circuit, it is expected that Instruction.name should be a more suitable discriminator in most situations.
condition
The classical condition on the instruction.
condition_bits
Get Clbits in condition.
ctrl_state
Return the control state of the gate as a decimal integer.
decompositions
Get the decompositions of the instruction from the SessionEquivalenceLibrary.
definition
Return definition in terms of other basic gates. If the gate has open controls, as determined from self.ctrl_state, the returned definition is conjugated with X without changing the internal _definition.
duration
Get the duration.
label
Return instruction label
mutable
Is this instance is a mutable unique instance or not.
If this attribute is False the gate instance is a shared singleton and is not mutable.
name
Get name of gate. If the gate has open controls the gate name will become:
<original_name_o<ctrl_state>
where <original_name> is the gate name for the default case of closed control qubits and <ctrl_state> is the integer value of the control state for the gate.
num_clbits
Return the number of clbits.
num_ctrl_qubits
num_qubits
Return the number of qubits.
params
Get parameters from base_gate.
Returns
List of gate parameters.
Return type
Raises
CircuitError – Controlled gate does not define a base gate
unit
Get the time unit of duration.
Methods
add_decomposition
add_decomposition(decomposition)
Add a decomposition of the instruction to the SessionEquivalenceLibrary.
assemble
broadcast_arguments
broadcast_arguments(qargs, cargs)
Validation and handling of the arguments and its relationship.
For example, cx([q[0],q[1]], q[2]) means cx(q[0], q[2]); cx(q[1], q[2]). This method yields the arguments in the right grouping. In the given example:
in: [[q[0],q[1]], q[2]],[]
outs: [q[0], q[2]], []
[q[1], q[2]], []The general broadcasting rules are:
If len(qargs) == 1:
[q[0], q[1]] -> [q[0]],[q[1]]If len(qargs) == 2:
[[q[0], q[1]], [r[0], r[1]]] -> [q[0], r[0]], [q[1], r[1]] [[q[0]], [r[0], r[1]]] -> [q[0], r[0]], [q[0], r[1]] [[q[0], q[1]], [r[0]]] -> [q[0], r[0]], [q[1], r[0]]If len(qargs) >= 3:
[q[0], q[1]], [r[0], r[1]], ...] -> [q[0], r[0], ...], [q[1], r[1], ...]
Parameters
Returns
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.
Return type
c_if
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.
control
control(num_ctrl_qubits=1, label=None, ctrl_state=None, annotated=False)
Return the controlled version of itself.
Implemented either as a controlled gate (ref. ControlledGate) or as an annotated operation (ref. AnnotatedOperation).
Parameters
- num_ctrl_qubits (int) – number of controls to add to gate (default:
1) - label (str | None) – optional gate label. Ignored if implemented as an annotated operation.
- ctrl_state (int |str | None) – the control state in decimal or as a bitstring (e.g.
'111'). IfNone, use2**num_ctrl_qubits-1. - annotated (bool) – indicates whether the controlled gate can be implemented as an annotated gate.
Returns
Controlled version of the given operation.
Raises
QiskitError – unrecognized mode or invalid ctrl_state
copy
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
inverse(annotated=False)
Invert this gate by calling inverse on the base gate.
Return type
ControlledGate’ | ‘AnnotatedOperation
is_parameterized
power
power(exponent)
Creates a unitary gate as gate^exponent.
Parameters
exponent (float) – Gate^exponent
Returns
To which to_matrix is self.to_matrix^exponent.
Return type
.library.UnitaryGate
Raises
CircuitError – If Gate is not unitary
repeat
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
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
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
to_matrix
to_matrix()
Return a Numpy.array for the gate unitary matrix.
Returns
if the Gate subclass has a matrix definition.
Return type
np.ndarray
Raises
CircuitError – If a Gate subclass does not implement this method an exception will be raised when this base class method is called.
to_mutable
to_mutable()
Return a mutable copy of this gate.
This method will return a new mutable copy of this gate instance. If a singleton instance is being used this will be a new unique instance that can be mutated. If the instance is already mutable it will be a deepcopy of that instance.