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cirq.pasqal

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

The cirq.pasqal device in the PennyLane-Cirq plugin provides access to Pasqal’s neutral-atom simulator backend.

Recommended for:

  • Integration with Cirq.
  • Support for unique features of Pasqal’s quantum hardware, like the ThreeDQubit and the notion of a control_radius.
  • All operating systems.

Documentation

To learn more, please visit the device documentation:

See all PennyLane-Cirq devices:

Installation

The cirq.pasqal 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.pasqal", wires=2, control_radius=1.5)

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