TwoQubitWeylDecomposition

qiskit.synthesis.TwoQubitWeylDecomposition(unitary_matrix, *, fidelity=0.999999999, _unpickling=False)

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Two-qubit Weyl decomposition.

Decompose two-qubit unitary

U = ({K_1}^l \otimes {K_1}^r) e^{(i a XX + i b YY + i c ZZ)} ({K_2}^l \otimes {K_2}^r)

where

U \in U(4),~ {K_1}^l, {K_1}^r, {K_2}^l, {K_2}^r \in SU(2)

and we stay in the “Weyl Chamber”

\pi /4 \geq a \geq b \geq |c|

This is an abstract factory class that instantiates itself as specialized subclasses based on the fidelity, such that the approximation error from specialization has an average gate fidelity at least as high as requested. The specialized subclasses have unique canonical representations thus avoiding problems of numerical stability.

Passing non-None fidelity to specializations is treated as an assertion, raising QiskitError if forcing the specialization is more approximate than asserted.

References

Cross, A. W., Bishop, L. S., Sheldon, S., Nation, P. D. & Gambetta, J. M., Validating quantum computers using randomized model circuits, arXiv:1811.12926 [quant-ph](opens in a new tab)
B. Kraus, J. I. Cirac, Optimal Creation of Entanglement Using a Two-Qubit Gate, arXiv:0011050 [quant-ph](opens in a new tab)
B. Drury, P. J. Love, Constructive Quantum Shannon Decomposition from Cartan Involutions, arXiv:0806.4015 [quant-ph](opens in a new tab)