default.clifford

The default.clifford device enables efficient simulation of large-scale Clifford circuits through the use of Stim as a backend.

Recommended for:

• State vector simulations of Clifford circuits.
• Support with quantum channels.
• Support for states represented in Tableau form.
• All operating systems.

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Documentation

To learn more, please visit the device documentation:

• default.clifford documentation

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Installation

The default.clifford device is included in PennyLane. It can be installed with:

pip install pennylane

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

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Device Initialization

Initialize the device in PennyLane with:

import pennylane as qml
dev = qml.device('default.clifford', wires=5) 

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