BackendSamplerV2
class qiskit.primitives.BackendSamplerV2(*, backend, options=None)
Bases: BaseSamplerV2
Evaluates bitstrings for provided quantum circuits
The BackendSamplerV2
class is a generic implementation of the BaseSamplerV2
interface that is used to wrap a BackendV2
(or BackendV1
) object in the class BaseSamplerV2
API. It facilitates using backends that do not provide a native BaseSamplerV2
implementation in places that work with BaseSamplerV2
. However, if you’re using a provider that has a native implementation of BaseSamplerV2
, it is a better choice to leverage that native implementation as it will likely include additional optimizations and be a more efficient implementation. The generic nature of this class precludes doing any provider- or backend-specific optimizations.
This class does not perform any measurement or gate mitigation.
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.
The options for BackendSamplerV2
consist of the following items.
default_shots
: The default shots to use if none are specified inrun()
. Default: 1024.seed_simulator
: The seed to use in the simulator. If None, a random seed will be used. Default: None.run_options
: A dictionary of options to pass through to therun()
method of the wrappedBackendV2
instance.
This class requires a backend that supports memory
option.
Parameters
- backend (BackendV1 |BackendV2) – The backend to run the primitive on.
- options (dict | None) – The options to control the default shots (
default_shots
) and the random seed for the simulator (seed_simulator
).
Attributes
backend
Returns the backend which this sampler object based on.
options
Return the options
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