mqt.core.plugins.qiskit.provider

QDMI Provider for Qiskit integration.

This module provides a provider interface for discovering and accessing QDMI devices through Qiskit’s BackendV2 interface.

Module Contents

class QDMIProvider

Provider for client-visible QDMI devices.

This provider discovers QDMI devices lazily and adapts Qiskit-compatible devices as backends.

Examples

List all available backends:

>>> from mqt.core.plugins.qiskit import QDMIProvider
>>> provider = QDMIProvider()
>>> for backend in provider.backends():
...     print(f"{backend.name}: {backend.target.num_qubits} qubits")

Get a specific backend by name:

>>> backend = provider.get_backend("MQT Core DDSIM QDMI Device")

Configure credentials through the selected device’s persistent configuration or provider-specific environment.

static device_ids() → list[str]

Return configured stable IDs without loading devices or contacting providers.

backends(name: str | None = None) → list[QDMIBackend]

Return all available backends, optionally filtered by name substring.

Parameters:

name – If provided, return only backends whose name contains this substring.

Returns:

Compatible QDMI backends. The list is empty when no name matches.

Examples

Get all backends:

>>> provider = QDMIProvider()
>>> all_backends = provider.backends()

Filter backends by name substring:

>>> ddsim_backends = provider.backends(name="DDSIM")
>>> qdmi_backends = provider.backends(name="QDMI")
get_backend_by_device_id(device_id: str, **session_parameters: Unpack[QDMISessionParameters]) → QDMIBackend

Open one fresh backend for an exact stable QDMI device ID.

Returns:

A backend for a fresh device session.

get_backend(name: str) → QDMIBackend

Get a single backend by name.

Parameters:

name – Name of the backend to retrieve.

Returns:

The matching QDMI backend.

Raises:

ValueError – If no matching backend found.

Examples

Get a specific backend:

>>> provider = QDMIProvider()
>>> backend = provider.get_backend("MQT Core DDSIM QDMI Device")
__repr__() → str

Return string representation of the provider.