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:
See all PennyLane-Cirq devices:
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.
