4.0.0

Added export() methods to driven controls and dynamical decoupling sequences to enable plotting with the qctrl-visualizer package and removed the deprecated get_plot_formatted_arrays() methods.

External open quantum libraries are separated from Q-CTRL Open Controls

Open quantum libraries, qiskit, pyquil and cirq will be part of separate adapters and therefore Q-CTRL Open Controls is not dependent on those libraries.

Conditional/Lazy import of open source quantum computing platforms

Merge pull request #30 from qctrl/lazy-loading

Lazy /Conditional loading of 3rd party Quantum libraries

Versions of Qiskit libraries updated

Merge pull request #29 from qctrl/update-qiskit-version

Update the required version of Qiskit libraries

Support for Python 3.6

Relevant continuous integration workflow to support Python 3.6 added

Updates to Predefined Pulses

This update includes:

• Improvements to the WAMF1 pulse, ensuring optimal filter function performance.

Updates to README

This update includes:

• Improvements to README and removal of dead links.

Updates to README

Updates in this release:

• Better formatting in readme.

Rigetti Pyquil

New updates in this package:

• Open Controls now supports Pyquil programs.
• Dynamic decoupling sequences can be exported to pyquil programs and run on Rigetti's quantum computers.
• A clear API for the package.
• Updates to naming of functions to make them more consistent.

Google Cirq

This update adds support to Google Cirq and general improvements.

• Dynamical decoupling sequences can now be converted to Google Cirq circuits and sequences.
• Improvements to driven sequences performance.
• Typos fixed in example notebooks.