qiskit.aer

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.

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Documentation

To learn more, please visit the device documentation:

• qiskit.aer documentation

See all PennyLane-Qiskit devices:

• qiskit.aer
• qiskit.basicsim
• qiskit.remote

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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.

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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.