QuTiP example: Quantum Process Tomography

J.R. Johansson and P.D. Nation

For more information about QuTiP see http://qutip.org


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%matplotlib inline

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import numpy as np

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from qutip import *

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"""
Plot the process tomography matrices for some 1, 2, and 3-qubit qubit gates.
"""
gates = [['C-NOT', cnot()],
         ['SWAP', swap()],
         ['$i$SWAP', iswap()],
         ['$\sqrt{i\mathrm{SWAP}}$', sqrtiswap()],
         ['S-NOT', snot()],
         ['$\pi/2$ phase gate', phasegate(np.pi/2)],
         ['Toffoli', toffoli()],
         ['Fredkin', fredkin()]]

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def plt_qpt_gate(gate, figsize=(8,6)):

    name  = gate[0]
    U_psi = gate[1]
    
    N = len(U_psi.dims[0]) # number of qubits

    # create a superoperator for the density matrix
    # transformation rho = U_psi * rho_0 * U_psi.dag()
    U_rho = spre(U_psi) * spost(U_psi.dag())

    # operator basis for the process tomography
    op_basis = [[qeye(2), sigmax(), sigmay(), sigmaz()] for i in range(N)]

    # labels for operator basis
    op_label = [["$i$", "$x$", "$y$", "$z$"] for i in range(N)]

    # calculate the chi matrix
    chi = qpt(U_rho, op_basis)

    # visualize the chi matrix
    fig, ax = qpt_plot_combined(chi, op_label, name, figsize=figsize)
    
    ax.set_title(name)
    
    return fig, ax

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plt_qpt_gate(gates[0]);



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plt_qpt_gate(gates[1]);



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plt_qpt_gate(gates[2]);



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plt_qpt_gate(gates[3]);



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plt_qpt_gate(gates[4]);



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plt_qpt_gate(gates[5]);



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fig, ax = plt_qpt_gate(gates[6], figsize=(16,12))
ax.axis('tight');



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fig, ax = plt_qpt_gate(gates[7], figsize=(16,12))
ax.axis('tight');


Versions


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from qutip.ipynbtools import version_table

version_table()


Out[14]:
SoftwareVersion
Cython0.21.2
OSposix [linux]
Numpy1.9.1
IPython2.3.1
QuTiP3.1.0
matplotlib1.4.2
SciPy0.14.1
Python3.4.0 (default, Apr 11 2014, 13:05:11) [GCC 4.8.2]
Tue Jan 13 13:28:07 2015 JST