# Copyright (C) Unitary Fund
#
# This source code is licensed under the GPL license (v3) found in the
# LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
"""High-level zero-noise extrapolation tools."""
from functools import wraps
from typing import Callable, List, Optional, Union
from mitiq import QPROGRAM, Executor, Observable, QuantumResult
from mitiq.zne.inference import Factory, RichardsonFactory
from mitiq.zne.scaling import fold_gates_at_random
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def execute_with_zne(
circuit: QPROGRAM,
executor: Union[Executor, Callable[[QPROGRAM], QuantumResult]],
observable: Optional[Observable] = None,
*,
factory: Optional[Factory] = None,
scale_noise: Callable[[QPROGRAM, float], QPROGRAM] = fold_gates_at_random, # type: ignore [has-type]
num_to_average: int = 1,
) -> float:
"""Estimates the error-mitigated expectation value associated to the
input circuit, via the application of zero-noise extrapolation (ZNE).
Args:
circuit: The input circuit to execute with ZNE.
executor: A Mitiq executor that executes a circuit and returns the
unmitigated ``QuantumResult`` (e.g. an expectation value).
observable: Observable to compute the expectation value of. If
``None``, the ``executor`` must return an expectation value.
Otherwise, the ``QuantumResult`` returned by ``executor`` is used
to compute the expectation of the observable.
factory: ``Factory`` object that determines the zero-noise
extrapolation method.
scale_noise: The function for scaling the noise of a quantum circuit.
A list of built-in functions can be found in ``mitiq.zne.scaling``.
num_to_average: Number of times expectation values are computed by
the executor after each call to ``scale_noise``, then averaged.
Returns:
The expectation value estimated with ZNE.
"""
if not factory:
factory = RichardsonFactory(scale_factors=[1.0, 2.0, 3.0])
if not isinstance(factory, Factory):
raise TypeError(
f"Argument `factory` must be of type mitiq.factories.Factory "
f"but type(factory) is {type(factory)}."
)
if not callable(scale_noise):
raise TypeError("Argument `scale_noise` must be callable.")
if num_to_average < 1:
raise ValueError("Argument `num_to_average` must be a positive int.")
return factory.run(
circuit, executor, observable, scale_noise, int(num_to_average)
).reduce()
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def mitigate_executor(
executor: Callable[[QPROGRAM], QuantumResult],
observable: Optional[Observable] = None,
*,
factory: Optional[Factory] = None,
scale_noise: Callable[[QPROGRAM, float], QPROGRAM] = fold_gates_at_random, # type:ignore [has-type]
num_to_average: int = 1,
) -> Callable[[QPROGRAM], float]:
"""Returns a modified version of the input 'executor' which is
error-mitigated with zero-noise extrapolation (ZNE).
Args:
executor: A function that executes a circuit and returns the
unmitigated `QuantumResult` (e.g. an expectation value).
observable: Observable to compute the expectation value of. If None,
the `executor` must return an expectation value. Otherwise,
the `QuantumResult` returned by `executor` is used to compute the
expectation of the observable.
factory: Factory object determining the zero-noise extrapolation
method.
scale_noise: Function for scaling the noise of a quantum circuit.
num_to_average: Number of times expectation values are computed by
the executor after each call to scale_noise, then averaged.
Returns:
The error-mitigated version of the input executor.
"""
executor_obj = Executor(executor)
if not executor_obj.can_batch:
@wraps(executor)
def new_executor(circuit: QPROGRAM) -> float:
return execute_with_zne(
circuit,
executor,
observable,
factory=factory,
scale_noise=scale_noise,
num_to_average=num_to_average,
)
else:
@wraps(executor)
def new_executor(circuits: List[QPROGRAM]) -> List[float]:
return [
execute_with_zne(
circuit,
executor,
observable,
factory=factory,
scale_noise=scale_noise,
num_to_average=num_to_average,
)
for circuit in circuits
]
return new_executor
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def zne_decorator(
observable: Optional[Observable] = None,
*,
factory: Optional[Factory] = None,
scale_noise: Callable[[QPROGRAM, float], QPROGRAM] = fold_gates_at_random, # type: ignore [has-type]
num_to_average: int = 1,
) -> Callable[
[Callable[[QPROGRAM], QuantumResult]], Callable[[QPROGRAM], float]
]:
"""Decorator which adds an error-mitigation layer based on zero-noise
extrapolation (ZNE) to an executor function, i.e., a function which
executes a quantum circuit with an arbitrary backend and returns a
``QuantumResult`` (e.g. an expectation value).
Args:
observable: Observable to compute the expectation value of. If None,
the `executor` being decorated must return an expectation value.
Otherwise, the `QuantumResult` returned by the `executor` is used
to compute the expectation of the observable.
factory: Factory object determining the zero-noise extrapolation
method.
scale_noise: Function for scaling the noise of a quantum circuit.
num_to_average: Number of times expectation values are computed by
the executor after each call to scale_noise, then averaged.
Returns:
The error-mitigating decorator to be applied to an executor function.
"""
# Raise an error if the decorator is used without parenthesis
if callable(observable):
raise TypeError(
"Decorator must be used with parentheses (i.e., @zne_decorator()) "
"even if no explicit arguments are passed."
)
def decorator(
executor: Callable[[QPROGRAM], QuantumResult],
) -> Callable[[QPROGRAM], float]:
return mitigate_executor(
executor,
observable,
factory=factory,
scale_noise=scale_noise,
num_to_average=num_to_average,
)
return decorator
