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qiskit.aer

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

qiskit.aer is part of the PennyLane-Qiskit plugin, which lets you use PennyLane as the frontend and Qiskit as the backend.

Recommended for:

  • Small-scale simulations.
  • Workflows requiring a real quantum hardware backend.
  • Compatibility with machine learning models.
  • Compatibility with noise models.

Documentation

To learn more, please visit the device documentation:

See all PennyLane-Qiskit devices:


Installation

The qiskit.aer device can be installed with:

pip install pennylane-qiskit

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


Device Initialization

Initialize the device in PennyLane with:

import pennylane as qml dev = qml.device('qiskit.aer', wires=2)

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