Source code for mqt.bench.benchmarks.ghz

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# Copyright (c) 2025 - 2026 Munich Quantum Software Company GmbH
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
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"""GHZ benchmark definition."""

from __future__ import annotations

from qiskit.circuit import QuantumCircuit, QuantumRegister

from ._registry import register_benchmark




@register_benchmark("ghz", description="GHZ State")
def create_circuit(num_qubits: int) -> QuantumCircuit:
    """Returns a quantum circuit implementing the GHZ state.

    Arguments:
        num_qubits: number of qubits of the returned quantum circuit
    """
    q = QuantumRegister(num_qubits, "q")
    qc = QuantumCircuit(q, name="ghz")
    qc.h(q[-1])
    for i in range(1, num_qubits):
        qc.cx(q[num_qubits - i], q[num_qubits - i - 1])
    qc.measure_all()

    return qc