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cirq.mixedsimulator

  • Small-Moderate Workloads
  • Mixed States
  • Noise
  • CPU (simulator)
  • Linux
  • macOS
  • Windows

The cirq.mixedsimulator device in the PennyLane-Cirq plugin provides access to mixed state simulations with the Cirq backend.

Recommended for:

  • Integration with Cirq.
  • Small mixed state simulations with support for quantum channels.
  • Initializing qubits in PennyLane with Cirq features like LineQubit and GridQubit.
  • All operating systems.

Documentation

To learn more, please visit the device documentation:

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Installation

The cirq.mixedsimulator device can be installed with:

pip install pennylane-cirq

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


Device Initialization

Initialize the device in PennyLane with:

import pennylane as qml dev = qml.device('cirq.mixedsimulator', wires=2)

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