Source code for mqt.bench.benchmarks.vqe_real_amp

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"""VQE realamp ansatz benchmark definition."""

from __future__ import annotations

from typing import TYPE_CHECKING

from qiskit.circuit.library import real_amplitudes

from ._registry import register_benchmark

if TYPE_CHECKING:  # pragma: no cover
    from qiskit.circuit import QuantumCircuit




@register_benchmark("vqe_real_amp", description="Real Amplitudes ansatz")
def create_circuit(num_qubits: int, entanglement: str = "reverse_linear", reps: int = 3) -> QuantumCircuit:
    """Returns a quantum circuit implementing the RealAmplitudes ansatz.

    Arguments:
        num_qubits: number of qubits of the returned quantum circuit
        entanglement: type of entanglement to use (default: "reverse_linear", other options: "full", "linear", "full", "pairwise", "circular", "sca")
        reps: number of repetitions (layers) in the ansatz

    Returns:
        QuantumCircuit: a quantum circuit implementing the RealAmplitudes ansatz
    """
    qc = real_amplitudes(num_qubits, entanglement=entanglement, reps=reps)
    qc.name = "vqe_real_amp"

    qc.measure_all()
    return qc