qml.PauliY

class PauliY(wires)

Bases: pennylane.operation.Observable, pennylane.operation.Operation

The Pauli Y operator

\[\begin{split}\sigma_y = \begin{bmatrix} 0 & -i \\ i & 0\end{bmatrix}.\end{split}\]

Details:

• Number of wires: 1

• Number of parameters: 0

Parameters

wires (Sequence[int] or int) – the wire the operation acts on

Attributes

base_name	Get base name of the operator.
basis	The basis of an operation, or for controlled gates, of the target operation.
control_wires	For operations that are controlled, returns the set of control wires.
eigvals
generator	Generator of the operation.
grad_method	Gradient computation method.
grad_recipe	Gradient recipe for the parameter-shift method.
hash	returns an integer hash uniquely representing the operator
id	String for the ID of the operator.
inverse	Boolean determining if the inverse of the operation was requested.
is_composable_rotation	True if composing multiple copies of the operation results in an addition (or alternative accumulation) of parameters.
is_self_inverse	True if the operation is its own inverse.
is_symmetric_over_all_wires	True if the operation is the same if you exchange the order of wires.
is_symmetric_over_control_wires	True if the operation is the same if you exchange the order of all but the last wire.
matrix
name	Get and set the name of the operator.
num_params
num_wires
par_domain
parameters	Current parameter values.
return_type
string_for_inverse
wires	Wires of this operator.

base_name

Get base name of the operator.

basis = 'Y'

The basis of an operation, or for controlled gates, of the target operation. If not None, should take a value of "X", "Y", or "Z".

For example, X and CNOT have basis = "X", whereas ControlledPhaseShift and RZ have basis = "Z".

Type

str or None

control_wires

For operations that are controlled, returns the set of control wires.

Returns

The set of control wires of the operation.

Return type

Wires

eigvals = array([ 1, -1])

generator

Generator of the operation.

A length-2 list [generator, scaling_factor], where

• generator is an existing PennyLane operation class or \(2\times 2\) Hermitian array that acts as the generator of the current operation

• scaling_factor represents a scaling factor applied to the generator operation

For example, if \(U(\theta)=e^{i0.7\theta \sigma_x}\), then \(\sigma_x\), with scaling factor \(s\), is the generator of operator \(U(\theta)\):

generator = [PauliX, 0.7]

Default is [None, 1], indicating the operation has no generator.

grad_method

Gradient computation method.

• 'A': analytic differentiation using the parameter-shift method.

• 'F': finite difference numerical differentiation.

• None: the operation may not be differentiated.

Default is 'F', or None if the Operation has zero parameters.

grad_recipe = None

Gradient recipe for the parameter-shift method.

This is a tuple with one nested list per operation parameter. For parameter \(\phi_k\), the nested list contains elements of the form \([c_i, a_i, s_i]\) where \(i\) is the index of the term, resulting in a gradient recipe of

\[\frac{\partial}{\partial\phi_k}f = \sum_{i} c_i f(a_i \phi_k + s_i).\]

If None, the default gradient recipe containing the two terms \([c_0, a_0, s_0]=[1/2, 1, \pi/2]\) and \([c_1, a_1, s_1]=[-1/2, 1, -\pi/2]\) is assumed for every parameter.

Type

tuple(Union(list[list[float]], None)) or None

hash

returns an integer hash uniquely representing the operator

Type

int

id

String for the ID of the operator.

inverse

Boolean determining if the inverse of the operation was requested.

is_composable_rotation = None

True if composing multiple copies of the operation results in an addition (or alternative accumulation) of parameters.

For example, qml.RZ is a composable rotation. Applying qml.RZ(0.1, wires=0) followed by qml.RZ(0.2, wires=0) is equivalent to performing a single rotation qml.RZ(0.3, wires=0).

If set to None, the operation will be ignored during compilation transforms that merge adjacent rotations.

Type

bool or None

is_self_inverse = True

True if the operation is its own inverse.

If None, all instances of the given operation will be ignored during compilation transforms involving inverse cancellation.

Type

bool or None

is_symmetric_over_all_wires = None

True if the operation is the same if you exchange the order of wires.

For example, qml.CZ(wires=[0, 1]) has the same effect as qml.CZ(wires=[1, 0]) due to symmetry of the operation.

If None, all instances of the operation will be ignored during compilation transforms that check for wire symmetry.

Type

bool or None

is_symmetric_over_control_wires = None

True if the operation is the same if you exchange the order of all but the last wire.

For example, qml.Toffoli(wires=[0, 1, 2]) has the same effect as qml.Toffoli(wires=[1, 0, 2]), but neither are the same as qml.Toffoli(wires=[0, 2, 1]).

If None, all instances of the operation will be ignored during compilation transforms that check for control-wire symmetry.

Type

bool or None

matrix = array([[ 0.+0.j, -0.-1.j],        [ 0.+1.j,  0.+0.j]])

name

Get and set the name of the operator.

num_params = 0

num_wires = 1

par_domain = None

parameters

Current parameter values.

return_type = None

string_for_inverse = '.inv'

wires

Wires of this operator.

Returns

wires

Return type

Wires

Methods

adjoint()	Create an operation that is the adjoint of this one.
compare(other)	Compares with another Hamiltonian, Tensor, or Observable, to determine if they are equivalent.
decomposition(wires)	Returns a template decomposing the operation into other quantum operations.
diagonalizing_gates()	Rotates the specified wires such that they are in the eigenbasis of PauliY.
expand()	Returns a tape containing the decomposed operations, rather than a list.
get_parameter_shift(idx[, shift])	Multiplier and shift for the given parameter, based on its gradient recipe.
inv()	Inverts the operation, such that the inverse will be used for the computations by the specific device.
queue([context])	Append the operator to the Operator queue.
single_qubit_rot_angles()	The parameters required to implement a single-qubit gate as an equivalent Rot gate, up to a global phase.

adjoint()

Create an operation that is the adjoint of this one.

Adjointed operations are the conjugated and transposed version of the original operation. Adjointed ops are equivalent to the inverted operation for unitary gates.

Parameters

do_queue – Whether to add the adjointed gate to the context queue.

Returns

The adjointed operation.

compare(other)

Compares with another Hamiltonian, Tensor, or Observable, to determine if they are equivalent.

Observables/Hamiltonians are equivalent if they represent the same operator (their matrix representations are equal), and they are defined on the same wires.

Warning

The compare method does not check if the matrix representation of a Hermitian observable is equal to an equivalent observable expressed in terms of Pauli matrices. To do so would require the matrix form of Hamiltonians and Tensors be calculated, which would drastically increase runtime.

Returns

True if equivalent.

Return type

(bool)

Examples

>>> ob1 = qml.PauliX(0) @ qml.Identity(1)
>>> ob2 = qml.Hamiltonian([1], [qml.PauliX(0)])
>>> ob1.compare(ob2)
True
>>> ob1 = qml.PauliX(0)
>>> ob2 = qml.Hermitian(np.array([[0, 1], [1, 0]]), 0)
>>> ob1.compare(ob2)
False

static decomposition(wires)

Returns a template decomposing the operation into other quantum operations.

diagonalizing_gates()

Rotates the specified wires such that they are in the eigenbasis of PauliY.

For the Pauli-Y observable,

\[Y = U^\dagger Z U\]

where \(U=HSZ\).

Returns

A list of gates that diagonalize PauliY in the

computational basis.

Return type

list(Operation)

expand()

Returns a tape containing the decomposed operations, rather than a list.

Returns

Returns a quantum tape that contains the operations decomposition, or if not implemented, simply the operation itself.

Return type

JacobianTape

get_parameter_shift(idx, shift=1.5707963267948966)

Multiplier and shift for the given parameter, based on its gradient recipe.

Parameters

idx (int) – parameter index

Returns

list of multiplier, coefficient, shift for each term in the gradient recipe

Return type

list[[float, float, float]]

inv()

Inverts the operation, such that the inverse will be used for the computations by the specific device.

This method concatenates a string to the name of the operation, to indicate that the inverse will be used for computations.

Any subsequent call of this method will toggle between the original operation and the inverse of the operation.

Returns

operation to be inverted

Return type

Operator

queue(context=<class 'pennylane.queuing.QueuingContext'>)

Append the operator to the Operator queue.

single_qubit_rot_angles()

The parameters required to implement a single-qubit gate as an equivalent Rot gate, up to a global phase.

Returns

A list of values \([\phi, \theta, \omega]\) such that \(RZ(\omega) RY(\theta) RZ(\phi)\) is equivalent to the original operation.

Return type

tuple[float, float, float]