Result

class pulser.result.Result(atom_order, meas_basis)

Bases: ABC, Results

Base class for storing the result of an observable at specific time.

Attributes

sampling_dist	Sampling distribution of the measured bitstring.
sampling_errors	The sampling error associated to each bitstring's sampling rate.
total_duration
meas_basis
atom_order

Methods

from_abstract_repr	Deserializes a Results object from json.
get_result	Get the a specific result at a given time.
get_result_tags	Get a list of results tags present in this object.
get_result_times	Get a list of times for which the given result has been stored.
get_samples	Takes multiple samples from the sampling distribution.
get_state	Gets the quantum state associated with the result.
get_tagged_results	Gets the results for every tag.
plot_histogram	Plots the result in an histogram.
to_abstract_repr	Serializes this object into a json string.

Signatures

classmethod from_abstract_repr(repr)

Deserializes a Results object from json.

Return type:

Results

Returns:

The deserialized Results object.

get_result(observable, time)

Get the a specific result at a given time.

Parameters:

• observable (Observable | str) – The observable instance used to calculate the result or its tag.

• time (float) – Relative time at which to get the result.

Return type:

Any

Returns:

The result.

get_result_tags()

Get a list of results tags present in this object.

Return type:

list[str]

get_result_times(observable)

Get a list of times for which the given result has been stored.

Parameters:

observable (Observable | str) – The observable instance used to calculate the result or its tag.

Return type:

list[float]

Returns:

List of relative times.

get_samples(n_samples)

Takes multiple samples from the sampling distribution.

Parameters:

n_samples (int) – Number of samples to return.

Return type:

Counter[str]

Returns:

Samples of bitstrings corresponding to measured quantum states.

get_state()

Gets the quantum state associated with the result.

Can only be defined for emulation results that don’t resort to sampling a quantum state (which is the case for certain types of noise).

Return type:

Any

get_tagged_results()

Gets the results for every tag.

Return type:

dict[str, list[Any]]

Returns:

A mapping between a tag and the results associated to it, at every evaluation time.

plot_histogram(min_rate=0.001, max_n_bitstrings=None, show=True)

Plots the result in an histogram.

Parameters:

• min_rate (float, default: 0.001) – The minimum sampling rate a bitstring must have to be displayed.

• max_n_bitstrings (int | None, default: None) – An optional limit on the number of bitrstrings displayed.

• show (bool, default: True) – Whether or not to call plt.show() before returning.

Return type:

None

to_abstract_repr(skip_validation=False)

Serializes this object into a json string.

Numpy arrays and torch Tensors are converted into lists, and their original class is lost forever.

Parameters:

skip_validation (bool, default: False) – Whether to skip validating the json against the schema used for deserialization.

Return type:

str

Returns:

The json string

property sampling_dist: dict[str, float]

Sampling distribution of the measured bitstring.

Parameters:

• atom_order – The order of the atoms in the bitstrings that represent the measured states.

• meas_basis – The measurement basis.

abstract property sampling_errors: dict[str, float]

The sampling error associated to each bitstring’s sampling rate.

Uses the standard error of the mean as a quantifier for sampling error.