squlearn.encoding_circuit
.ChebyshevPQC
- class squlearn.encoding_circuit.ChebyshevPQC(num_qubits: int, num_features: int, num_layers: int = 1, closed: bool = True, entangling_gate: str = 'crz', alpha: float = 4.0, nonlinearity: str = 'arccos')
Chebyshev Encoding Circuit from reference [1].
The encoding circuit consists of three elements:
Basis change in the form of a trainable rotation around the y-axis at start and end.
Non-linear encoding of the features via the Chebyshev polynomials from Rx gates. The degree of the Chebyshev polynomials is optimized during training.
Parameterized two-qubit controlled or RZZ rotations
and 3. form a layer that can be repeated multiple times.
Example for 4 qubits, a 2 dimensional feature vector and 2 layers:
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)The entangling gate can be chosen between
crz
andrzz
. The latter is more hardware efficient. Also, the entangling between the first and the last qubit can be switched off via theclosed
parameter to avoid swap gates.- Parameters:
num_qubits (int) – Number of qubits of the ChebyshevPQC encoding circuit
num_features (int) – Dimension of the feature vector
num_layers (int) – Number of layers of the Chebyshev encoding and the two qubit manipulation (default: 1)
closed (bool) – If false, the last and the first qubit are not entangled (default: True)
entangling_gate (str) – Entangling gate to use. Either
crz
orrzz
(default:crz
)alpha (float) – Maximum value of the Chebyshev Tower initial parameters, i.e. parameters that appear in the arccos encoding. (default: 4.0)
nonlinearity (str) – Mapping function to use for the feature encoding. Either
arccos
orarctan
(default:arccos
)
References
[1]: D. A. Kreplin and M. Roth “Reduction of finite sampling noise in quantum neural networks”. arXiv:2306.01639 (2023).
- compose(x, concatenate_features=True, concatenate_parameters=False)
Composition of encoding circuits with options for handling features and parameters
Number of qubits and features have to be equal in both encoding circuits! The special function and properties of the both encoding circuits are lost by this composition.
- Parameters:
self (EncodingCircuitBase) – right / first encoding circuit
x (EncodingCircuitBase) – left / second encoding circuit
- Returns:
Returns the composed encoding circuit as special class ComposedEncodingCircuit
- draw(output: str = None, feature_label: str = 'x', parameter_label: str = 'p', decompose: bool = False, **kwargs) None
Draws the encoding circuit circuit using the QuantumCircuit.draw() function.
- Parameters:
feature_label (str) – Label for the feature vector (default:”x”).
parameter_label (str) – Label for the parameter vector (default:”p”).
decompose (bool) – If True, the circuit is decomposed before printing (default: False).
kwargs – Additional arguments from Qiskit’s QuantumCircuit.draw() function.
- Returns:
Returns the circuit in qiskit QuantumCircuit.draw() format
- generate_initial_parameters(seed: int | None = None) ndarray
Generates random parameters for the ChebyshevPQC encoding circuit
- Parameters:
seed (Union[int,None]) – Seed for the random number generator (default: None)
- Returns:
The randomly generated parameters
- get_cheb_indices(flatten: bool = True)
Function that returns the indices of the parameters involved in the Chebyshev encoding.
- Parameters:
flatten (bool) – If true, the indices are returned as a flat list, otherwise as a list of lists, where the outer list corresponds to the layers (default: True)
- get_circuit(features: ParameterVector | ndarray, parameters: ParameterVector | ndarray) QuantumCircuit
Returns the circuit of the ChebyshevPQC encoding circuit
- Parameters:
features (Union[ParameterVector,np.ndarray]) – Input vector of the features from which the gate inputs are obtained
param_vec (Union[ParameterVector,np.ndarray]) – Input vector of the parameters from which the gate inputs are obtained
- Returns:
Returns the circuit in Qiskit’s QuantumCircuit format
- get_params(deep: bool = True) dict
Returns hyper-parameters and their values of the ChebyshevPQC encoding circuit
- Parameters:
deep (bool) – If True, also the parameters for contained objects are returned (default=True).
- Returns:
Dictionary with hyper-parameters and values.
- inverse()
Returns the inverse of the encoding circuit.
- Returns:
The inverse of the encoding circuit
- set_params(**kwargs) ChebyshevPQC
Sets value of the encoding circuit hyper-parameters.
- Parameters:
params – Hyper-parameters and their values, e.g.
num_qubits=2
.