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Returns a DepolarizingChannel with given probability of error.
cirq.ops.depolarize(
p: float, n_qubits: int = 1
) -> cirq.ops.DepolarizingChannel
Used in the notebooks
Used in the tutorials |
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This channel applies one of 4n disjoint possibilities: nothing (the identity channel) or one of the 4n - 1 pauli gates. The disjoint probabilities of the non-identity Pauli gates are all the same, p / (4**n - 1), and the identity is done with probability 1 - p. The supplied probability must be a valid probability or else this constructor will raise a ValueError.
This channel evolves a density matrix via
$$
\rho \rightarrow (1 - p) \rho + p / (4**n - 1) \sum _i P_i \rho P_i
$$
where \(P_i\) are the \(4^n - 1\) Pauli gates (excluding the identity).
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p
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The probability that one of the Pauli gates is applied. Each of the Pauli gates is applied independently with probability p / (4**n - 1). |
n_qubits
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The number of qubits. |
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ValueError
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if p is not a valid probability. |