qml.qcut.replace_wire_cut_nodes

replace_wire_cut_nodes(graph)

Replace each WireCut node in the graph with a MeasureNode and PrepareNode.

Note

This function is designed for use as part of the circuit cutting workflow. Check out the qml.cut_circuit() transform for more details.

Parameters

graph (nx.MultiDiGraph) – The graph containing the WireCut nodes to be replaced

Example

Consider the following circuit with manually-placed wire cuts:

wire_cut_0 = qml.WireCut(wires=0)
wire_cut_1 = qml.WireCut(wires=1)
multi_wire_cut = qml.WireCut(wires=[0, 1])

ops = [
    qml.RX(0.4, wires=0),
    wire_cut_0,
    qml.RY(0.5, wires=0),
    wire_cut_1,
    qml.CNOT(wires=[0, 1]),
    multi_wire_cut,
    qml.RZ(0.6, wires=1),
]
measurements = [qml.expval(qml.Z(0))]
tape = qml.tape.QuantumTape(ops, measurements)

We can find the circuit graph and remove all the wire cut nodes using:

>>> graph = qml.qcut.tape_to_graph(tape)
>>> qml.qcut.replace_wire_cut_nodes(graph)

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