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Play

Play(pulse, channel, name=None)

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Bases: qiskit.pulse.instructions.instruction.Instruction

This instruction is responsible for applying a pulse on a channel.

The pulse specifies the exact time dynamics of the output signal envelope for a limited time. The output is modulated by a phase and frequency which are controlled by separate instructions. The pulse duration must be fixed, and is implicitly given in terms of the cycle time, dt, of the backend.

Create a new pulse instruction.

Parameters

  • pulse (Pulse) – A pulse waveform description, such as Waveform.
  • channel (PulseChannel) – The channel to which the pulse is applied.
  • name (Optional[str]) – Name of the instruction for display purposes. Defaults to pulse.name.

Methods

append

Play.append(schedule, name=None)

Return a new Schedule with schedule inserted at the maximum time over all channels shared between self and schedule.

Parameters

  • schedule (Union['Schedule', 'Instruction']) – Schedule or instruction to be appended
  • name (Optional[str]) – Name of the new schedule. Defaults to name of self

Returns

A new schedule with schedule a this instruction at t=0.

Return type

Schedule

ch_duration

Play.ch_duration(*channels)

Return duration of the supplied channels in this Instruction.

Parameters

*channels – Supplied channels

Return type

int

ch_start_time

Play.ch_start_time(*channels)

Return minimum start time for supplied channels.

Parameters

*channels – Supplied channels

Return type

int

ch_stop_time

Play.ch_stop_time(*channels)

Return maximum start time for supplied channels.

Parameters

*channels – Supplied channels

Return type

int

draw

Play.draw(dt=1, style=None, filename=None, interp_method=None, scale=1, plot_all=False, plot_range=None, interactive=False, table=True, label=False, framechange=True, channels=None)

Plot the instruction.

Parameters

  • dt (float) – Time interval of samples
  • style (Optional[SchedStyle]) – A style sheet to configure plot appearance
  • filename (Optional[str]) – Name required to save pulse image
  • interp_method (Optional[Callable]) – A function for interpolation
  • scale (float) – Relative visual scaling of waveform amplitudes
  • plot_all (bool) – Plot empty channels
  • plot_range (Optional[Tuple[float]]) – A tuple of time range to plot
  • interactive (bool) – When set true show the circuit in a new window (this depends on the matplotlib backend being used supporting this)
  • table (bool) – Draw event table for supported instructions
  • label (bool) – Label individual instructions
  • framechange (bool) – Add framechange indicators
  • channels (Optional[List[Channel]]) – A list of channel names to plot

Returns

A matplotlib figure object of the pulse schedule

Return type

matplotlib.figure

insert

Play.insert(start_time, schedule, name=None)

Return a new Schedule with schedule inserted within self at start_time.

Parameters

  • start_time (int) – Time to insert the schedule schedule
  • schedule (Union['Schedule', 'Instruction']) – Schedule or instruction to insert
  • name (Optional[str]) – Name of the new schedule. Defaults to name of self

Returns

A new schedule with schedule inserted with this instruction at t=0.

Return type

Schedule

is_parameterized

Play.is_parameterized()

Return True iff the instruction is parameterized.

Return type

bool

shift

Play.shift(time, name=None)

Return a new schedule shifted forward by time.

Parameters

  • time (int) – Time to shift by
  • name (Optional[str]) – Name of the new schedule. Defaults to name of self

Returns

The shifted schedule.

Return type

Schedule


Attributes

channel

Return the Channel that this instruction is scheduled on.

Return type

PulseChannel

channels

Returns the channels that this schedule uses.

Return type

Tuple[PulseChannel]

duration

Duration of this instruction.

Return type

Union[int, ParameterExpression]

id

Unique identifier for this instruction.

Return type

int

instructions

Iterable for getting instructions from Schedule tree.

Return type

Tuple[Tuple[int, Instruction]]

name

Name of this instruction.

Return type

str

operands

Return instruction operands.

Return type

Tuple

parameters

Parameters which determine the instruction behavior.

Return type

Set

pulse

A description of the samples that will be played.

Return type

Pulse

start_time

Relative begin time of this instruction.

Return type

int

stop_time

Relative end time of this instruction.

Return type

int

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