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braket.local.ahs

  • QJIT
  • Pulses and Analog Hamiltonians
  • Small-Moderate Workloads
  • CPU (simulator)
  • Linux
  • macOS
  • Windows

The braket.local.ahs device in the PennyLane-Braket plugin provides access for running analog Hamiltonian simulation (AHS) on the local Amazon Braket SDK.

Recommended for:

  • Pulse programming workflows (not gate-based).
  • Small-scale simulations and prototyping before running on paid remote services.
  • Compatibility with Catalyst.
  • All operating systems.

Documentation

To learn more, please visit the device documentation:

  • braket.local.ahs documentation

See all PennyLane-Braket devices:

  • braket.aws.ahs
  • braket.aws.qubit
  • braket.local.ahs
  • braket.local.qubit

Installation

The braket.local.ahs device can be installed with:

pip install amazon-braket-pennylane-plugin

For more details on installation and dependencies, visit the PennyLane-Braket installation page.

Device Initialization

Initialize the device in PennyLane with:

import pennylane as qml
device_local = qml.device("braket.local.ahs", wires=2)

For more details on device settings and keyword arguments, see the device documentation.


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