StatevectorSampler
class qiskit.primitives.StatevectorSampler(*, default_shots=1024, seed=None)
Bases: BaseSamplerV2
Simple implementation of BaseSamplerV2
using full state vector simulation.
This class is implemented via Statevector
which turns provided circuits into pure state vectors, and is therefore incompatible with mid-circuit measurements (although other implementations may be).
As seen in the example below, this sampler supports providing arrays of parameter value sets to bind against a single circuit.
Each tuple of (circuit, <optional> parameter values, <optional> shots)
, called a sampler primitive unified bloc (PUB), produces its own array-valued result. The run()
method can be given many pubs at once.
from qiskit.circuit import (
Parameter, QuantumCircuit, ClassicalRegister, QuantumRegister
)
from qiskit.primitives import StatevectorSampler
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
# Define our circuit registers, including classical registers
# called 'alpha' and 'beta'.
qreg = QuantumRegister(3)
alpha = ClassicalRegister(2, "alpha")
beta = ClassicalRegister(1, "beta")
# Define a quantum circuit with two parameters.
circuit = QuantumCircuit(qreg, alpha, beta)
circuit.h(0)
circuit.cx(0, 1)
circuit.cx(1, 2)
circuit.ry(Parameter("a"), 0)
circuit.rz(Parameter("b"), 0)
circuit.cx(1, 2)
circuit.cx(0, 1)
circuit.h(0)
circuit.measure([0, 1], alpha)
circuit.measure([2], beta)
# Define a sweep over parameter values, where the second axis is over.
# the two parameters in the circuit.
params = np.vstack([
np.linspace(-np.pi, np.pi, 100),
np.linspace(-4 * np.pi, 4 * np.pi, 100)
]).T
# Instantiate a new statevector simulation based sampler object.
sampler = StatevectorSampler()
# Start a job that will return shots for all 100 parameter value sets.
pub = (circuit, params)
job = sampler.run([pub], shots=256)
# Extract the result for the 0th pub (this example only has one pub).
result = job.result()[0]
# There is one BitArray object for each ClassicalRegister in the
# circuit. Here, we can see that the BitArray for alpha contains data
# for all 100 sweep points, and that it is indeed storing data for 2
# bits over 256 shots.
assert result.data.alpha.shape == (100,)
assert result.data.alpha.num_bits == 2
assert result.data.alpha.num_shots == 256
# We can work directly with a binary array in performant applications.
raw = result.data.alpha.array
# For small registers where it is anticipated to have many counts
# associated with the same bitstrings, we can turn the data from,
# for example, the 22nd sweep index into a dictionary of counts.
counts = result.data.alpha.get_counts(22)
# Or, convert into a list of bitstrings that preserve shot order.
bitstrings = result.data.alpha.get_bitstrings(22)
print(bitstrings)
Parameters
- default_shots (int) – The default shots for the sampler if not specified during run.
- seed (np.random.Generator | int | None) – The seed or Generator object for random number generation. If None, a random seeded default RNG will be used.
Attributes
default_shots
Return the default shots
seed
Return the seed or Generator object for random number generation.
Methods
run
run(pubs, *, shots=None)
Run and collect samples from each pub.
Parameters
- pubs (Iterable[SamplerPubLike]) – An iterable of pub-like objects. For example, a list of circuits or tuples
(circuit, parameter_values)
. - shots (int | None) – The total number of shots to sample for each sampler pub that does not specify its own shots. If
None
, the primitive’s default shots value will be used, which can vary by implementation.
Returns
The job object of Sampler’s result.
Return type