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default.qutrit.mixed

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  • Qutrits
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default.qutrit.mixed is PennyLane’s simple simulator of qutrit-based quantum circuit architectures.

Recommended for:

  • Qutrit mixed state simulations.
  • Workflows requiring industry standard qutrit gates and quantum channels.
  • Differentiable workflows via built-in backpropagation support.
  • All operating systems.

Documentation

To learn more, please visit the device documentation:

  • default.qutrit.mixed documentation

Installation

The default.qutrit.mixed 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.


Device Initialization

Initialize the device in PennyLane with:

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

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


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