Design
Bring your unique quantum hardware to market faster with Boulder Opal's control design capabilities
Calculate with graphs
Learn how Boulder Opal uses computational graphs to represent systems and perform operations
- Get an introduction to graphs in Boulder Opal- An overview of how Boulder Opal uses computational graphs to represent systems and perform operations 
- Improve calculation performance in graphs- Tips and tricks to speed up your calculations in Boulder Opal 
- Understand batches and broadcasting in Boulder Opal- Approaches to handle multidimensional data efficiently in graphs 
- How to represent quantum systems using graphs- Represent quantum systems for optimization, simulation, and other tasks using graphs 
- How to perform optimization and simulation in the same calculation- Perform calculations using optimization results in a single graph 
- How to reuse graph definitions in different calculations- Reapply graph nodes for multiple applications 
Represent time-varying signals
Discover the critical methods to represent time-varying noise and control signals
- Implement time-dependent functions in Boulder Opal- An overview of how time-dependent functions are represented in Boulder Opal graphs 
- Leverage predefined signals in graphs- Create parameterized signals for simulation and optimization 
- Learn to use graphs with piecewise-constant pulses- Understand Boulder Opal graphs and nodes by smoothing a piecewise-constant pulse 
- How to create analytical signals for simulation and optimization- Use predefined signals from Boulder Opal 
- How to define continuous analytical Hamiltonians- Use analytical expressions to construct your Hamiltonian 
Simulate quantum systems
Model high-dimensional quantum systems and calculate time evolution leveraging time-varying noise and signal libraries
- Explore different approaches to simulate quantum systems- An overview of the choices and tradeoffs in deciding how to run a simulation 
- Learn simulation basics through the dynamics of a single qubit- Simulate and visualize quantum system dynamics in Boulder Opal 
- How to simulate closed, noiseless systems- Simulate the dynamics of closed quantum systems 
- How to simulate quantum dynamics subject to noise- Simulate the dynamics of closed quantum systems in the presence of Non-Markovian noise 
- How to simulate multi-qubit circuits in quantum computing- Evaluate the performance of multi-qubit circuits with and without noise 
- How to simulate open system dynamics- Calculating the dynamics of a quantum system described by a GKS–Lindblad master equation 
- How to simulate large open system dynamics- Calculate the dynamics of a high-dimensional quantum system described by a GKS–Lindblad master equation 
- How to calculate the steady state of an open quantum system- Compute the long time limit density matrix of Lindblad dynamics from a time-independent generator 
Design model-based controls
Create optimized control signals on arbitrary quantum systems using model-based control
- How to optimize controls in arbitrary quantum systems using graphs- Highly-configurable non-linear optimization framework for quantum control 
- How to optimize controls with nonlinear dependences- Incorporate nonlinear Hamiltonian dependences on control signals 
- How to optimize controls on large sparse Hamiltonians- Efficiently perform control optimization on sparse Hamiltonians 
- How to optimize controls robust to strong noise sources- Design controls that are robust against strong time-dependent noise sources with stochastic optimization 
- How to add smoothing and band-limits to optimized controls- Incorporate smoothing of optimized waveforms 
- How to optimize controls using gradient-free optimization- Perform graph-based optimizations when gradients are costly 
- How to optimize controls with time symmetrization- Incorporate time symmetry into optimized waveforms 
- How to find time-optimal controls- Optimizing over the duration of your controls 
- How to optimize controls using arbitrary basis functions- Create optimized controls from superpositions of basis functions 
- How to tune the parameters of an optimization- Defining parameters of the optimization using the cost history and early halt conditions 
- How to tune the learning rate of a stochastic optimization- Configuring the stochastic optimizer by requesting the cost history from the optimization results 
- How to calculate and use filter functions for arbitrary controls- Calculate the frequency-domain noise sensitivity of driven controls 
Design error-robust quantum logic gates
Learn to optimize quantum logic gates capable of suppressing common noise sources
- Learn to design robust single-qubit gates using computational graphs- Generate and test robust controls in Boulder Opal 
- How to create dephasing and amplitude robust single-qubit gates- Incorporate robustness into the design of optimal pulses 
- How to create leakage-robust single-qubit gates- Design pulses that minimize leakage to unwanted states 
- How to evaluate control susceptibility to quasi-static noise- Characterize the robustness of a control pulse to quasi-static noise 
Characterize hardware
Accurately characterize Hamiltonian parameters, identify noise sources, or probe unknown quantum systems
- Explore system identification techniques for quantum hardware characterization- Build a system model using probe measurements and data fusion routines 
- Learn to estimate parameters of a single-qubit Hamiltonian- Performing system identification with Boulder Opal 
- How to perform noise spectroscopy on arbitrary noise channels- Reconstructing noise spectra using shaped control pulses 
- How to perform parameter estimation with a small amount of data- Estimate Hamiltonian model parameters using measured data and the graph-based optimization engine 
- How to perform parameter estimation with a large amount of data- Estimate Hamiltonian model parameters using measured data and the graph-based stochastic optimization engine 
- How to characterize a transmission line using a qubit as a probe- Characterize transmission-line bandwidth via probe measurements and the graph-based optimization engine 
