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Expectation

class pulser.backend.Expectation(operator, *, evaluation_times=None, tag_suffix=None)

Bases: Observable

Stores the expectation of the given operator on the current state.

Parameters:

  • evaluation_times (Sequence[float] | None, default: None) – The relative times at which to compute the expectation value. If left as None, uses the default_evaluation_times of the backend’s EmulationConfig.

  • operator (Operator) – The operator to measure. Must be of the appropriate type for the backend.

  • tag_suffix (str | None, default: None) – An optional suffix to append to the tag. Needed if multiple instances of the same observable are given to the same EmulationConfig.

Attributes

tag

Label for the observable, used to index the Results object.

uuid

A universal unique identifier for this instance.

Methods

apply

Calculates the observable to store in the Results.

Signatures

apply(*, state, **kwargs)

Calculates the observable to store in the Results.

Return type:

Any

property tag: str

Label for the observable, used to index the Results object.

Within a Results instance, all computed observables must have different tags.

Returns:

The tag of the observable.

property uuid: UUID

A universal unique identifier for this instance.