PhaseOracle

A list of AncillaQubits in the order that they were added. You should not mutate this.

Return calibration dictionary.

The custom pulse definition of a given gate is of the form {'gate_name': {(qubits, params): schedule}}

A list of Clbits in the order that they were added. You should not mutate this.

The circuit data (instructions and context).

Returns

a list-like object containing the CircuitInstructions for each instruction.

Return type

QuantumCircuitData

The global phase of the current circuit scope in radians.

Default value: 254

Return any associated layout information about the circuit

This attribute contains an optional TranspileLayout object. This is typically set on the output from transpile() or PassManager.run() to retain information about the permutations caused on the input circuit by transpilation.

There are two types of permutations caused by the transpile() function, an initial layout which permutes the qubits based on the selected physical qubits on the Target, and a final layout which is an output permutation caused by SwapGates inserted during routing.

Arbitrary user-defined metadata for the circuit.

Qiskit will not examine the content of this mapping, but it will pass it through the transpiler and reattach it to the output, so you can track your own metadata.

Return the number of ancilla qubits.

The number of real-time classical variables in the circuit marked as captured from an enclosing scope.

This is the length of the iter_captured_vars() iterable. If this is non-zero, num_input_vars must be zero.

Return number of classical bits.

The number of real-time classical variables in the circuit that are declared by this circuit scope, excluding inputs or captures.

This is the length of the iter_declared_vars() iterable.

The number of real-time classical variables in the circuit marked as circuit inputs.

This is the length of the iter_input_vars() iterable. If this is non-zero, num_captured_vars must be zero.

The number of parameter objects in the circuit.

Return number of qubits.

The number of real-time classical variables in the circuit.

This is the length of the iter_vars() iterable.

Return a list of operation start times.

This attribute is enabled once one of scheduling analysis passes runs on the quantum circuit.

Returns

List of integers representing instruction start times. The index corresponds to the index of instruction in QuantumCircuit.data.

Raises

AttributeError(opens in a new tab) – When circuit is not scheduled.

The parameters defined in the circuit.

This attribute returns the Parameter objects in the circuit sorted alphabetically. Note that parameters instantiated with a ParameterVector are still sorted numerically.

Examples

The snippet below shows that insertion order of parameters does not matter.

>>> from qiskit.circuit import QuantumCircuit, Parameter
>>> a, b, elephant = Parameter("a"), Parameter("b"), Parameter("elephant")
>>> circuit = QuantumCircuit(1)
>>> circuit.rx(b, 0)
>>> circuit.rz(elephant, 0)
>>> circuit.ry(a, 0)
>>> circuit.parameters  # sorted alphabetically!
ParameterView([Parameter(a), Parameter(b), Parameter(elephant)])

Bear in mind that alphabetical sorting might be unintuitive when it comes to numbers. The literal “10” comes before “2” in strict alphabetical sorting.

>>> from qiskit.circuit import QuantumCircuit, Parameter
>>> angles = [Parameter("angle_1"), Parameter("angle_2"), Parameter("angle_10")]
>>> circuit = QuantumCircuit(1)
>>> circuit.u(*angles, 0)
>>> circuit.draw()
   ┌─────────────────────────────┐
q: ┤ U(angle_1,angle_2,angle_10) ├
   └─────────────────────────────┘
>>> circuit.parameters
ParameterView([Parameter(angle_1), Parameter(angle_10), Parameter(angle_2)])

To respect numerical sorting, a ParameterVector can be used.

>>> from qiskit.circuit import QuantumCircuit, Parameter, ParameterVector
>>> x = ParameterVector("x", 12)
>>> circuit = QuantumCircuit(1)
>>> for x_i in x:
...     circuit.rx(x_i, 0)
>>> circuit.parameters
ParameterView([
    ParameterVectorElement(x[0]), ParameterVectorElement(x[1]),
    ParameterVectorElement(x[2]), ParameterVectorElement(x[3]),
    ..., ParameterVectorElement(x[11])
])

Returns

The sorted Parameter objects in the circuit.

Default value: 'circuit'

A list of Qubits in the order that they were added. You should not mutate this.

Type: str

A human-readable name for the circuit.

Type: list[QuantumRegister]

A list of the QuantumRegisters in this circuit. You should not mutate this.

Type: list[ClassicalRegister]

A list of the ClassicalRegisters in this circuit. You should not mutate this.

Type: int | float | None

The total duration of the circuit, set by a scheduling transpiler pass. Its unit is specified by unit.

The unit that duration is specified in.

evaluate_bitstring(bitstring)

Evaluate the oracle on a bitstring. This evaluation is done classically without any quantum circuit.

Parameters

bitstring (str(opens in a new tab)) – The bitstring for which to evaluate. The input bitstring is expected to be in little-endian order.

Returns

True if the bitstring is a good state, False otherwise.

Return type

bool(opens in a new tab)

classmethod from_dimacs_file(filename)

Create a PhaseOracle from the string in the DIMACS format.

It is possible to build a PhaseOracle from a file in DIMACS CNF format(opens in a new tab), which is the standard format for specifying SATisfiability (SAT) problem instances in Conjunctive Normal Form (CNF)(opens in a new tab), which is a conjunction of one or more clauses, where a clause is a disjunction of one or more literals.

The following is an example of a CNF expressed in the DIMACS format:

c DIMACS CNF file with 3 satisfying assignments: 1 -2 3, -1 -2 -3, 1 2 -3.
p cnf 3 5
-1 -2 -3 0
1 -2 3 0
1 2 -3 0
1 -2 -3 0
-1 2 3 0

The first line, following the c character, is a comment. The second line specifies that the CNF is over three boolean variables — let us call them $x_1, x_2, x_3$, and contains five clauses. The five clauses, listed afterwards, are implicitly joined by the logical AND operator, $\land$, while the variables in each clause, represented by their indices, are implicitly disjoined by the logical OR operator, $lor$. The $-$ symbol preceding a boolean variable index corresponds to the logical NOT operator, $lnot$. Character 0 (zero) marks the end of each clause. Essentially, the code above corresponds to the following CNF:

$(\lnot x_1 \lor \lnot x_2 \lor \lnot x_3) \land (x_1 \lor \lnot x_2 \lor x_3) \land (x_1 \lor x_2 \lor \lnot x_3) \land (x_1 \lor \lnot x_2 \lor \lnot x_3) \land (\lnot x_1 \lor x_2 \lor x_3)$.

Parameters

filename (str(opens in a new tab)) – A file in DIMACS format.

Returns

A quantum circuit with a phase oracle.

Return type

PhaseOracle