# qml.transforms.transpile¶

transpile(tape: pennylane.tape.tape.QuantumTape, coupling_map: Union[List, networkx.classes.graph.Graph])[source]

Transpile a circuit according to a desired coupling map

Warning

This transform does not yet support measurements of Hamiltonians or tensor products of observables. If a circuit is passed which contains these types of measurements, a NotImplementedError will be raised.

Parameters
• tape (function) – A quantum function.

• coupling_map (list[tuple(int, int)] or nx.Graph) – Either a list of tuples(int, int) or an instance of networkx.Graph specifying the couplings between different qubits.

Returns

the transformed quantum function

Return type

function

Example

Consider the following example circuit

def circuit():
qml.CNOT(wires=[0, 1])
qml.CNOT(wires=[2, 3])
qml.CNOT(wires=[1, 3])
qml.CNOT(wires=[1, 2])
qml.CNOT(wires=[2, 3])
qml.CNOT(wires=[0, 3])
return qml.probs(wires=[0, 1, 2, 3])


which, before transpiling it looks like this:

0: ──╭●──────────────╭●──╭┤ Probs
1: ──╰X──╭●──╭●──────│───├┤ Probs
2: ──╭●──│───╰X──╭●──│───├┤ Probs
3: ──╰X──╰X──────╰X──╰X──╰┤ Probs


Suppose we have a device which has connectivity constraints according to the graph:

0 --- 1
|     |
2 --- 3


We encode this in a coupling map as a list of the edges which are present in the graph, and then pass this, together with the circuit, to the transpile function to get a circuit which can be executed for the specified coupling map:

>>> dev = qml.device('default.qubit', wires=[0, 1, 2, 3])
>>> transpiled_circuit = qml.transforms.transpile(coupling_map=[(0, 1), (1, 3), (3, 2), (2, 0)])(circuit)
>>> transpiled_qnode = qml.QNode(circuit, dev)
>>> print(qml.draw(transpiled_qnode)())
0: ─╭●────────────────╭●─┤ ╭Probs
1: ─╰X─╭●───────╭●────│──┤ ├Probs
2: ─╭●─│──╭SWAP─│──╭X─╰X─┤ ├Probs
3: ─╰X─╰X─╰SWAP─╰X─╰●────┤ ╰Probs


A swap gate has been applied to wires 2 and 3, and the remaining gates have been adapted accordingly