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scpn-quantum-control — Quickstart

Quickstart

All examples run on the local AerSimulator — no IBM credentials needed.

1. Kuramoto dynamics (4 oscillators)

from scpn_quantum_control.bridge import OMEGA_N_16, build_knm_paper27
from scpn_quantum_control.phase import QuantumKuramotoSolver

K = build_knm_paper27(L=4)
omega = OMEGA_N_16[:4]

solver = QuantumKuramotoSolver(4, K, omega)
result = solver.run(t_max=0.5, dt=0.1, trotter_per_step=2)

for t, R in zip(result["times"], result["R"]):
    print(f"  t={t:.1f}: R={R:.4f}")

The Kuramoto order parameter R measures phase synchronization: R=1 means all oscillators are in phase, R=0 means incoherent.

2. VQE ground state

from scpn_quantum_control.phase import PhaseVQE
from scpn_quantum_control.bridge import build_knm_paper27, OMEGA_N_16

K = build_knm_paper27(L=4)
omega = OMEGA_N_16[:4]

vqe = PhaseVQE(K, omega, ansatz_reps=2)
sol = vqe.solve(optimizer="COBYLA", maxiter=200)
print(f"VQE energy:   {sol['ground_energy']:.6f}")
print(f"Exact energy: {sol['exact_energy']:.6f}")
print(f"Error:        {sol['energy_gap']:.6f}")

On IBM hardware this achieves 0.05% error (4 qubits).

3. Run a hardware experiment on simulator

from scpn_quantum_control.hardware import HardwareRunner
from scpn_quantum_control.hardware.experiments import kuramoto_4osc_experiment

runner = HardwareRunner(use_simulator=True)
runner.connect()

result = kuramoto_4osc_experiment(runner, shots=10000, n_time_steps=4, dt=0.1)
print(f"hw_R:  {result['hw_R']}")
print(f"exact: {result['classical_R']}")

4. ZNE error mitigation

from scpn_quantum_control.hardware import HardwareRunner
from scpn_quantum_control.hardware.experiments import kuramoto_4osc_zne_experiment

runner = HardwareRunner(use_simulator=True)
runner.connect()

result = kuramoto_4osc_zne_experiment(runner, shots=10000, scales=[1, 3, 5])
print(f"R at scale 1: {result['R_per_scale'][0]:.4f}")
print(f"R at scale 5: {result['R_per_scale'][2]:.4f}")
print(f"ZNE R(0):     {result['zne_R']:.4f}")
print(f"Exact R:      {result['classical_R']:.4f}")

ZNE (zero-noise extrapolation) runs the same circuit at increasing noise levels, then fits a polynomial to extrapolate to zero noise.

5. Full 16-layer UPDE

from scpn_quantum_control.phase import QuantumUPDESolver

solver = QuantumUPDESolver()  # uses canonical SCPN parameters
result = solver.step(dt=0.05)
print(f"R_global: {result['R_global']:.4f}")

6. Crypto Bell test on simulator

from scpn_quantum_control.hardware import HardwareRunner
from scpn_quantum_control.hardware.experiments import bell_test_4q_experiment

runner = HardwareRunner(use_simulator=True)
runner.connect()

result = bell_test_4q_experiment(runner, shots=10000, maxiter=100)
print(f"S_hw:  {result['S_hw']:.4f}")
print(f"S_sim: {result['S_sim']:.4f}")
print(f"Violates classical (S>2): {result['violates_classical_hw']}")

The Bell test prepares the VQE ground state of H(K_nm), measures in 4 basis combinations (ZZ, ZX, XZ, XX), and checks whether the CHSH S-value exceeds the classical bound of 2.

Available experiments

20 pre-built experiments in ALL_EXPERIMENTS:

from scpn_quantum_control.hardware.experiments import ALL_EXPERIMENTS
for name in sorted(ALL_EXPERIMENTS):
    print(name)

See Experiment Roadmap for the full plan.

Running examples

python examples/01_qlif_demo.py           # Quantum LIF neuron
python examples/02_kuramoto_xy_demo.py    # Kuramoto XY dynamics
python examples/05_vqe_ansatz_comparison.py  # Ansatz benchmark
python examples/06_zne_demo.py            # ZNE demo