# infidelity_pwc¶

static OperationNamespace.infidelity_pwc(hamiltonian, target=None, noise_operators=None, *, name=None, target_operator=None)

Creates the total infidelity of the given piecewise-constant system.

Use this function to compute the sum of the operational infidelity (which measures how effectively the system achieves a target gate) and filter function values (which measure how robust the system evolution is to various perturbative noise processes). This total infidelity value provides a cost that measures how effectively and robustly a set of controls achieves a target operation.

Note that the total infidelity returned by this function is at least zero, but might be larger than one (for example if the system is highly sensitive to one of the noise processes).

Parameters
• hamiltonian (Pwc) – The control Hamiltonian $$H_{\mathrm c}(t)$$. You can provide either a single Hamiltonian or a batch of them.

• target (Target) – The object describing the target gate $$U_\mathrm{target}$$ and (optionally) the filter function projector $$P$$. If you provide a batch of Hamiltonians, the function uses the same target for all the elements in the batch.

• noise_operators (list[np.ndarray or Tensor or Pwc], optional) – The perturbative noise operators $$\{N_j(t)\}$$. The operators in the list can either be single operators or batches of them. If any of the noise operators or the Hamiltonian are batches, the batch shapes must all be broadcastable. You can omit this list if there are no noises.

• name (str, optional) – The name of the node.

• target_operator (deprecated) – This parameter will be removed in the future, please use target instead.

Returns

The total infidelity (operational infidelity plus filter function values) of the given system, with respect to the given target gate. If you provide a batch of Hamiltonians or noise operators, the function returns a batch of infidelities containing one infidelity for each Hamiltonian and list of noise operators in the input batches.

Return type

Tensor

Warning

The Hessian matrix cannot currently be calculated for a graph which includes an infidelity_pwc node if the hamiltonian has degenerate eigenvalues at any segment.

infidelity_stf()

Corresponding operation for Stf Hamiltonians.

target()

Define the target operation of the time evolution.

time_evolution_operators_pwc()

Unitary time evolution operators for quantum systems with Pwc Hamiltonians.

Notes

The total system Hamiltonian is

$H_{\mathrm c}(t) + \sum_j \beta_j(t) N_j(t),$

where $$\{\beta_j(t)\}$$ are small, dimensionless, stochastic variables.

The total infidelity, as represented by this node, is the sum of the operational infidelity $$\mathcal{I}$$ and the filter functions $$\{F_j(0)\}$$ of each noise operator evaluated at zero frequency.

The operational infidelity is

$\mathcal{I} = 1-\left| \frac{\mathrm{Tr} \left(U_\mathrm{target}^\dagger U(t)\right)} {\mathrm{Tr} \left(U_\mathrm{target}^\dagger U_\mathrm{target}\right)} \right|^2,$

where $$U(t)$$ is the unitary time evolution operator due to $$H_{\mathrm c}(t)$$.

The filter function for the noise operator $$N_j(t)$$ is a measure of robustness, defined at frequency $$f$$ as

$F_j(f) = \frac{1}{\mathrm{Tr}(P)} \mathrm{Tr} \left( P \mathcal{F} \left\{ \tilde N_j^\prime(t) \right\} \left[ \mathcal{F} \left\{ \tilde N^\prime (t) \right\} \right]^\dagger P \right),$

where $$\mathcal{F}$$ is the Fourier transform, $$\tilde N_j(t) \equiv U_c^\dagger(t) N_j(t) U_c(t)$$ is the toggling-frame noise operator, and $$\tilde N_j^\prime(t)\equiv \tilde N_j(t)- \frac{\mathrm{Tr}(P\tilde N_j(t)P)}{\mathrm{Tr}(P)} \mathbb{I}$$ differs from $$\tilde N_j(t)$$ only by a multiple of the identity but is trace-free on the subspace of interest. The filter function value at zero frequency quantifies the sensitivity of the controls to quasi-static noise applied via the corresponding noise operator.