qiskit.circuit.QuantumCircuit.delay

QuantumCircuit.delay(duration, qarg=None, unit='dt')

Apply Delay. If qarg is None, applies to all qubits. When applying to multiple qubits, delays with the same duration will be created.

Parameters

• duration (int or float or ParameterExpression) -- duration of the delay.

• qarg (Object) -- qubit argument to apply this delay.

• unit (str) -- unit of the duration. Supported units: 's', 'ms', 'us', 'ns', 'ps', and 'dt'. Default is 'dt', i.e. integer time unit depending on the target backend.

Returns

handle to the added instructions.

Return type

qiskit.circuit.InstructionSet

Raises

CircuitError -- if arguments have bad format.