How to cite Fire Opal

If you find Fire Opal useful and wish to cite it in your work please cite the following:

• Q-CTRL, Fire Opal, https://q-ctrl.com/fire-opal (2025), [Online].

If you use BibTeX, you can add the following reference to your database:

@misc{fire_opal,
  author = {Q-CTRL},
  title = {Fire {O}pal},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {https://q-ctrl.com/fire-opal},
  note = {[Online]}
}

Citing a feature of Fire Opal

If a specific feature of Fire Opal has been useful in your work, please cite the relevant notebook in addition to the reference above.

For example, you can cite the Solve Max-Cut using Fire Opal application note with the following (remember to update the date accessed):

• Q-CTRL, Fire Opal documentation: Solve Max-Cut using Fire Opal, /fire-opal/apply/solve-max-cut-using-fire-opal (2025), [Online; accessed 1-January-2025].

Or in BibTeX format:

@misc{fire_opal_maxcut_qaoa,
  author = {Q-CTRL},
  title = {Fire {O}pal documentation: Solve Max-Cut using Fire Opal},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {/fire-opal/apply/solve-max-cut-using-fire-opal},
  note = {[Online; accessed 1-January-2025]}
}