Qiskit AQT Provider
Qiskit is an open-source framework for working with noisy intermediate-scale quantum computers (NISQ) at the level of pulses, circuits, and algorithms.
This project contains a provider that allows access AQT ion-trap quantum devices.
Installation
You can install the provider using pip tool:
pip install qiskit-aqt-providerpip will handle installing all the python dependencies automatically and you
will always install the latest (and well-tested) version.
Note: to get the full advantages of this provider you will need to have
a development version of qiskit-terra installed. The current releases don't
support transpilation for the basis gates of the AQT devices. While you'll be
able to use this provider with the qiskit-terra 0.9.x release series, it
will not automatically translate circuits for you. Therefore it will only
work if you manually use Rx and Ry gates.
Setting up the AQT Provider
Once the package is installed, you can use it to access the provider from qiskit.
Use your AQT credentials
You can initialize an AQT provider using your token locally with:
from qiskit.providers.aqt import AQT
aqt = AQT.enable_account('MY_TOKEN')Where MY_TOKEN is your access token for the AQT device. Then you can access
the backends from that provider:
backends = aqt.backends()
innsbruck_backend = aqt.get_backend('aqt_innsbruck')You can then use that backend like you would use any other qiskit backend. For example, getting running a bell state:
from qiskit import *
qc = QuantumCircuit(2, 2)
qc.h(0)
qc.cx(0, 1)
qc.measure([0,1], [0,1])
result = execute(qc, innsbruck_backend).result()
print(result.get_counts(qc))Authors and Citation
The Qiskit AQT provider is the work of many people who contribute to the project at different levels. If you use Qiskit, please cite as per the included BibTeX file.