qiskit.pulse.library.SechDeriv

qiskit.pulse.library.SechDeriv(duration, amp, sigma, angle=0.0, name=None, limit_amplitude=None)

An unnormalized sech derivative pulse.

The sech function is centered around the halfway point of the pulse, and the envelope of the pulse is given by:

where $\text{A} = \text{amp} \times\exp\left(i\times\text{angle}\right)$, $\mu=\text{duration}/2$, and $d/dx$ is a derivative with respect to x.

Parameters

• duration (int(opens in a new tab) | ParameterValueType) – Pulse length in terms of the sampling period dt.
• amp (float(opens in a new tab) |ParameterExpression) – The magnitude of the amplitude of the pulse (the value of the corresponding sech function at the midpoint duration/2).
• sigma (float(opens in a new tab) |ParameterExpression) – A measure of how wide or narrow the corresponding sech peak is, in terms of dt; described mathematically in the class docstring.
• angle (float(opens in a new tab) |ParameterExpression | None) – The angle in radians of the complex phase factor uniformly scaling the pulse. Default value 0.
• name (str(opens in a new tab) | None) – Display name for this pulse envelope.
• limit_amplitude (bool(opens in a new tab) | None) – If True, then limit the amplitude of the waveform to 1. The default is True and the amplitude is constrained to 1.

Returns

ScalableSymbolicPulse instance.

Return type

ScalableSymbolicPulse