{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# State space labelling in pyGSTi\n", "\n", "Instances of `pygsti.baseobjs.StateSpace` describe the structure of a model's state space and associate labels with the parts of that structure. This is particularly useful when dealing with multiple qubits or a qubit and its environment, as it can be useful to reference subspaces or subsystems of the entire quantum state space.\n", "\n", "In general, a state space is the direct sum of one or more *tensor product blocks*, each of which is the tensor product of one or more *factors*: \n", "\n", "$$ \\mbox{State space} = (\\mathcal{H}_1^A \\otimes \\mathcal{H}_2^A \\otimes \\cdots) \\oplus (\\mathcal{H}_1^B \\otimes \\mathcal{H}_2^B \\otimes \\cdots) \\oplus \\cdots$$\n", "\n", "In the above expression the tensor product blocks are in parenthesis and labelled by $A$, $B$, etc., and the $\\mathcal{H}_i^X$ are the factors. We can initialize a `StateSpace` object using a list of tuples containing labels and dimensions which mirror this structure, i.e.\n", "\n", "~~~\n", "StateSpace( [(H1A_label, H2A_label, ...), ((H1B_label, H2B_label, ...), ... ],\n", " [(H1A_dim , H2A_dim, ...), ((H1B_dim , H2B_dim, ...), ... ])\n", "~~~\n", "\n", "There are currently two main types of `StateSpace` objects: `ExplicitStateSpace`, where the labels and dimensions must be explicitly defined, and `QubitStateSpace`, which is a product of Hilbert spaces with dimension 2 (qubits)." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "import pygsti\n", "from pygsti.baseobjs import ExplicitStateSpace\n", "\n", "lbls = ExplicitStateSpace([('H0','H1')], [(2,3)])\n", "print(lbls) # label(dim) notation, '*' means 'otimes', '+' means 'oplus'\n", "\n", "lbls2 = ExplicitStateSpace(('H0','H1'), (2,3)) # same as above - a *single* tensor product block\n", "print(lbls2)\n", "\n", "lbls3 = ExplicitStateSpace([('H0',), ('H1',)], [(2,),(3,)]) # direct sum\n", "print(lbls3)\n", "\n", "lbls4 = ExplicitStateSpace([('H1a','H2a'), ('H1b','H2b')], [(2,1),(3,4)])\n", "print(lbls4)" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Since we're often dealing with qubits (dimension = 2 factors), the labels beginning with 'Q' or that are integers default to dimension 2. Similarly, labels beginning with 'L' default dimension 1 (an additional \"Level\"). If all the labels in the first argument passed to the `StateSpaceLabels` constructor have defaults, then the **second argument (the dimensions) may be omitted**. For example:" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "from pygsti.baseobjs import QubitSpace\n", "\n", "lbls5 = QubitSpace(['Q0','Q1']) # 2 qubits\n", "print(lbls5)\n", "\n", "lbls6 = QubitSpace(3) # 3 qubits\n", "print(lbls6)" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Rather than explicitly constructing either one of the `StateSpace`-derived classes, you can also use the `cast` class method to automatically generate the correct type, based on the provided labels. The labels must start with a tag that indicates how many levels/the dimension of that space. Allowed values include:\n", "\n", "- `\"Q\"`: qubit (dimension 2)\n", "- `\"T\"`: qutrit (dimension 3)\n", "- `\"L\"`: single level (dimension 1)\n", "- `\"C\"`: classical bit (for use with instruments)\n", "- `int`: Defines a tensor product block with that many qubits" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "from pygsti.baseobjs import StateSpace\n", "\n", "# Defines a \"kite\" with 2 tensor product blocks - one with 2 qubits and then a single leakage level\n", "lbls7 = StateSpace.cast([('Q0','Q1'),('Leakage',)])\n", "print(lbls7)" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Internally, the data in a `StateSpace` is kept in terms of the tensor product blocks. The accessors for `labels` and `dimensions` must be done on a tensor product block basis:" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "print(\"Number of tensor product blocks = \",lbls7.num_tensor_product_blocks)\n", "print(\"The labels in the 0th tensor product block are: \",lbls7.tensor_product_block_labels(0))\n", "print(\"The dimensions corresponding to those labels are: \",lbls7.tensor_product_block_dimensions(0))\n", "print(\"The 'Q0' labels exists in the tensor product block w/index=\",lbls7.label_tensor_product_block_index('Q0'))" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "**That's it!** You know all there is to know about the `StateSpace` object. Remember you can pass a `StateSpace` object to `pygsti.models.create_explicit_model_from_expressions` to create a model which operates on the given state space." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [] } ], "metadata": { "kernelspec": { "display_name": "Python 3", "language": "python", "name": "python3" }, "language_info": { "codemirror_mode": { "name": "ipython", "version": 3 }, "file_extension": ".py", "mimetype": "text/x-python", "name": "python", "nbconvert_exporter": "python", "pygments_lexer": "ipython3", "version": "3.8.5" } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 2 }