cirq.simulator

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

Recommended for:

• Integration with Cirq.
• Small state vector simulations with Cirq backends.
• Initializing qubits in PennyLane with Cirq features like LineQubit and GridQubit.
• All operating systems.

Documentation

To learn more, please visit the device documentation:

• cirq.simulator documentation

See all PennyLane-Cirq devices:

• cirq.mixedsimulator
• cirq.pasqal
• cirq.qsim
• cirq.simulator

Installation

The cirq.simulator 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.simulator', wires=2) 

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