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"""Result of running PhaseEstimation"""
from __future__ import annotations
import numpy
from qiskit.result import Result
from .phase_estimator import PhaseEstimatorResult
[docs]class PhaseEstimationResult(PhaseEstimatorResult):
"""Store and manipulate results from running `PhaseEstimation`.
This class is instantiated by the ``PhaseEstimation`` class, not via user code.
The ``PhaseEstimation`` class generates a list of phases and corresponding weights. Upon
completion it returns the results as an instance of this class. The main method for
accessing the results is `filter_phases`.
The canonical phase satisfying the ``PhaseEstimator`` interface, returned by the
attribute `phase`, is the most likely phase.
"""
def __init__(
self,
num_evaluation_qubits: int,
circuit_result: Result,
phases: numpy.ndarray | dict[str, float],
) -> None:
"""
Args:
num_evaluation_qubits: number of qubits in phase-readout register.
circuit_result: result object returned by method running circuit.
phases: ndarray or dict of phases and frequencies determined by QPE.
"""
super().__init__()
self._phases = phases
# int: number of qubits in phase-readout register
self._num_evaluation_qubits = num_evaluation_qubits
self._circuit_result = circuit_result
@property
def phases(self) -> numpy.ndarray | dict:
"""Return all phases and their frequencies computed by QPE.
This is an array or dict whose values correspond to weights on bit strings.
"""
return self._phases
@property
def circuit_result(self) -> Result:
"""Return the result object returned by running the QPE circuit (on hardware or simulator).
This is useful for inspecting and troubleshooting the QPE algorithm.
"""
return self._circuit_result
@property
def phase(self) -> float:
r"""Return the most likely phase as a number in :math:`[0.0, 1.0)`.
1.0 corresponds to a phase of :math:`2\pi`. This selects the phase corresponding
to the bit string with the highest probability. This is the most likely phase.
"""
if isinstance(self.phases, dict):
binary_phase_string = max(self.phases, key=self.phases.get)
else:
# numpy.argmax ignores complex part of number. But, we take abs anyway
idx = numpy.argmax(abs(self.phases))
binary_phase_string = f"{idx:0{self._num_evaluation_qubits}b}"[::-1]
phase = _bit_string_to_phase(binary_phase_string)
return phase
[docs] def filter_phases(self, cutoff: float = 0.0, as_float: bool = True) -> dict[str | float, float]:
"""Return a filtered dict of phases (keys) and frequencies (values).
Only phases with frequencies (counts) larger than `cutoff` are included.
It is assumed that the `run` method has been called so that the phases have been computed.
When using a noiseless, shot-based simulator to read a single phase that can
be represented exactly by `num_evaluation_qubits`, all the weight will
be concentrated on a single phase. In all other cases, many, or all, bit
strings will have non-zero weight. This method is useful for filtering
out these uninteresting bit strings.
Args:
cutoff: Minimum weight of number of counts required to keep a bit string.
The default value is `0.0`.
as_float: If `True`, returned keys are floats in :math:`[0.0, 1.0)`. If `False`
returned keys are bit strings.
Returns:
A filtered dict of phases (keys) and frequencies (values).
"""
phases: dict[str | float, float]
if isinstance(self.phases, dict):
counts = self.phases
if as_float:
phases = {
_bit_string_to_phase(k): counts[k] for k in counts.keys() if counts[k] > cutoff
}
else:
phases = {k: counts[k] for k in counts.keys() if counts[k] > cutoff}
else:
phases = {}
for idx, amplitude in enumerate(self.phases):
if amplitude > cutoff:
# Each index corresponds to a computational basis state with the LSB rightmost.
# But, we chose to apply the unitaries such that the phase is recorded
# in reverse order. So, we reverse the bitstrings here.
binary_phase_string = numpy.binary_repr(idx, self._num_evaluation_qubits)[::-1]
if as_float:
_key: str | float = _bit_string_to_phase(binary_phase_string)
else:
_key = binary_phase_string
phases[_key] = amplitude
phases = _sort_phases(phases)
return phases
def _bit_string_to_phase(binary_string: str) -> float:
"""Convert bit string to a normalized phase in :math:`[0,1)`.
It is assumed that the bit string is correctly padded and that the order of
the bits has been reversed relative to their order when the counts
were recorded. The LSB is the right most when interpreting the bitstring as
a phase.
Args:
binary_string: A string of characters '0' and '1'.
Returns:
A phase scaled to :math:`[0,1)`.
"""
n_qubits = len(binary_string)
return int(binary_string, 2) / (2**n_qubits)
def _sort_phases(phases: dict) -> dict:
"""Sort a dict of bit strings representing phases (keys) and frequencies (values) by bit string.
The bit strings are sorted according to increasing phase. This relies on Python
preserving insertion order when building dicts.
"""
pkeys = list(phases.keys())
pkeys.sort(reverse=False) # Sorts in order of the integer encoded by binary string
phases = {k: phases[k] for k in pkeys}
return phases