Pulse gates: assembly changes

qiskit/assembler/assemble_circuits.py

@@ -11,14 +11,36 @@
 # that they have been altered from the originals.
 
 """Assemble function for converting a list of circuits into a qobj."""
+from collections import defaultdict
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+
+from qiskit.assembler.run_config import RunConfig
+from qiskit.assembler.assemble_schedules import _assemble_instructions as _assemble_schedule
+from qiskit.circuit import QuantumCircuit
 from qiskit.qobj import (QasmQobj, QobjExperimentHeader,
                          QasmQobjInstruction, QasmQobjExperimentConfig, QasmQobjExperiment,
-                         QasmQobjConfig)
+                         QasmQobjConfig, QasmExperimentCalibrations, GateCalibration,
+                         PulseQobjInstruction, PulseLibraryItem, converters, QobjHeader)
 from qiskit.tools.parallel import parallel_map
 
 
-def _assemble_circuit(circuit):
-    # header stuff
+PulseLibrary = Dict[str, List[complex]]
+
+
+def _assemble_circuit(
+        circuit: QuantumCircuit,
+        run_config: RunConfig
+) -> Tuple[QasmQobjExperiment, Optional[PulseLibrary]]:
+    """Assemble one circuit.
+
+    Args:
+        circuit: circuit to assemble
+        run_config: configuration of the runtime environment
+
+    Returns:
+        One experiment for the QasmQobj, and pulse library for pulse gates (which could be None)
+    """
+    # header data
     num_qubits = 0
     memory_slots = 0
     qubit_labels = []
@@ -47,9 +69,14 @@ def _assemble_circuit(circuit):
                                   creg_sizes=creg_sizes,
                                   name=circuit.name,
                                   global_phase=circuit.global_phase)
+
     # TODO: why do we need n_qubits and memory_slots in both the header and the config
     config = QasmQobjExperimentConfig(n_qubits=num_qubits, memory_slots=memory_slots)
 
+    calibrations, pulse_library = _assemble_pulse_gates(circuit, run_config)
+    if calibrations:
+        config.calibrations = calibrations
+
     # Convert conditionals from QASM-style (creg ?= int) to qobj-style
     # (register_bit ?= 1), by assuming device has unlimited register slots
     # (supported only for simulators). Map all measures to a register matching
@@ -105,21 +132,112 @@ def _assemble_circuit(circuit):
             del instruction._condition
 
         instructions.append(instruction)
-    return QasmQobjExperiment(instructions=instructions, header=header,
-                              config=config)
+    return (QasmQobjExperiment(instructions=instructions, header=header, config=config),
+            pulse_library)
+
+
+def _assemble_pulse_gates(
+        circuit: QuantumCircuit,
+        run_config: RunConfig
+) -> Tuple[Optional[QasmExperimentCalibrations], Optional[PulseLibrary]]:
+    """Assemble and return the circuit calibrations and associated pulse library, if there are any.
+    The calibrations themselves may reference the pulse library which is returned as a dict.
+
+    Args:
+        circuit: circuit which may have pulse calibrations
+        run_config: configuration of the runtime environment
+
+    Returns:
+        The calibrations and pulse library, if there are any
+    """
+    if not circuit.calibrations:
+        return None, None
+    if not hasattr(run_config, 'parametric_pulses'):
+        run_config.parametric_pulses = []
+    calibrations = []
+    pulse_library = {}
+    for gate, cals in circuit.calibrations.items():
+        for (qubits, params), schedule in cals.items():
+            qobj_instructions, _ = _assemble_schedule(
+                schedule,
+                converters.InstructionToQobjConverter(PulseQobjInstruction),
+                run_config,
+                pulse_library)
+            calibrations.append(
+                GateCalibration(str(gate), list(qubits), list(params), qobj_instructions))
+    return QasmExperimentCalibrations(gates=calibrations), pulse_library
+
+
+def _extract_common_calibrations(
+        experiments: List[QasmQobjExperiment]
+) -> Tuple[List[QasmQobjExperiment], Optional[QasmExperimentCalibrations]]:
+    """Given a list of ``QasmQobjExperiment``s, each of which may have calibrations in their
+    ``config``, collect common calibrations into a global ``QasmExperimentCalibrations``
+    and delete them from their local experiments.
+
+    Args:
+        experiments: The list of Qasm experiments that are being assembled into one qobj
+
+    Returns:
+        The input experiments with modified calibrations, and common calibrations, if there
+        are any
+    """
+    def index_calibrations() -> Dict[int, List[Tuple[int, GateCalibration]]]:
+        """Map each calibration to all experiments that contain it."""
+        exp_indices = defaultdict(list)
+        for exp_idx, exp in enumerate(experiments):
+            for gate_cal in exp.config.calibrations.gates:
+                # They must be keyed on the hash or identical cals will be indexed separately
+                exp_indices[hash(gate_cal)].append((exp_idx, gate_cal))
+        return exp_indices
+
+    def collect_common_calibrations() -> List[GateCalibration]:
+        """If a gate calibration appears in all experiments, collect it."""
+        common_calibrations = []
+        for _, exps_w_cal in exp_indices.items():
+            if len(exps_w_cal) == len(experiments):
+                _, gate_cal = exps_w_cal[0]
+                common_calibrations.append(gate_cal)
+        return common_calibrations
+
+    def remove_common_gate_calibrations() -> None:
+        """For calibrations that appear in all experiments, remove them from the individual
+        experiment's ``config.calibrations``."""
+        for _, exps_w_cal in exp_indices.items():
+            if len(exps_w_cal) == len(experiments):
+                for exp_idx, gate_cal in exps_w_cal:
+                    experiments[exp_idx].config.calibrations.gates.remove(gate_cal)
+
+    if not (experiments and all(hasattr(exp.config, 'calibrations') for exp in experiments)):
+        # No common calibrations
+        return experiments, None
+
+    exp_indices = index_calibrations()
+    common_calibrations = collect_common_calibrations()
+    remove_common_gate_calibrations()
+
+    # Remove the ``calibrations`` attribute if it's now empty
+    for exp in experiments:
+        if not exp.config.calibrations.gates:
+            del exp.config.calibrations
+
+    return experiments, QasmExperimentCalibrations(gates=common_calibrations)
 
 
-def assemble_circuits(circuits, run_config, qobj_id, qobj_header):
+def assemble_circuits(circuits: List[QuantumCircuit],
+                      run_config: RunConfig,
+                      qobj_id: int,
+                      qobj_header: QobjHeader) -> QasmQobj:
     """Assembles a list of circuits into a qobj that can be run on the backend.
 
     Args:
-        circuits (list[QuantumCircuit]): circuit(s) to assemble
-        qobj_id (int): identifier for the generated qobj
-        qobj_header (QobjHeader): header to pass to the results
-        run_config (RunConfig): configuration of the runtime environment
+        circuits: circuit(s) to assemble
+        run_config: configuration of the runtime environment
+        qobj_id: identifier for the generated qobj
+        qobj_header: header to pass to the results
 
     Returns:
-        QasmQobj: the qobj to be run on the backends
+        The qobj to be run on the backends
     """
     qobj_config = QasmQobjConfig()
     if run_config:
@@ -138,7 +256,19 @@ def assemble_circuits(circuits, run_config, qobj_id, qobj_header):
     qobj_config.memory_slots = max(memory_slot_sizes)
     qobj_config.n_qubits = max(qubit_sizes)
 
-    experiments = parallel_map(_assemble_circuit, circuits)
+    experiments_and_pulse_libs = parallel_map(_assemble_circuit, circuits, [run_config])
+    experiments = []
+    pulse_library = {}
+    for exp, lib in experiments_and_pulse_libs:
+        experiments.append(exp)
+        if lib:
+            pulse_library.update(lib)
+    if pulse_library:
+        qobj_config.pulse_library = [PulseLibraryItem(name=name, samples=samples)
+                                     for name, samples in pulse_library.items()]
+    experiments, calibrations = _extract_common_calibrations(experiments)
+    if calibrations and calibrations.gates:
+        qobj_config.calibrations = calibrations
 
     return QasmQobj(qobj_id=qobj_id,
                     config=qobj_config,

qiskit/circuit/quantumcircuit.py

@@ -2278,7 +2278,7 @@ def add_calibration(self, gate, qubits, schedule, params=None):
         if isinstance(gate, Gate):
             self._calibrations[gate.name][(tuple(qubits), tuple(gate.params))] = schedule
         else:
-            self._calibrations[gate][(tuple(qubits), tuple(params))] = schedule
+            self._calibrations[gate][(tuple(qubits), tuple(params or []))] = schedule
 
 
 def _circuit_from_qasm(qasm):

qiskit/compiler/assemble.py

@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ def assemble(experiments: Union[QuantumCircuit, List[QuantumCircuit], Schedule,
 
     Raises:
         QiskitError: if the input cannot be interpreted as either circuits or schedules
-        NotImplementedError: if circuit.calibrations is not empty.
     """
     start_time = time()
     experiments = experiments if isinstance(experiments, list) else [experiments]
@@ -142,16 +141,8 @@ def assemble(experiments: Union[QuantumCircuit, List[QuantumCircuit], Schedule,
 
     # assemble either circuits or schedules
     if all(isinstance(exp, QuantumCircuit) for exp in experiments):
-        # calibrate circuits to schedules (if any)
-        for exp in experiments:
-            if len(exp.calibrations) != 0:
-                # TODO: Do something here to schedule the circuits
-                # Raise an error - NotImplementedError" or try to schedule by adding
-                # cals to inst_map and call schedule.
-                # if scheduled, raise a warning - "Let the user know whats happening"
-                raise NotImplementedError
-
-        run_config = _parse_circuit_args(parameter_binds, **run_config_common_dict)
+        run_config = _parse_circuit_args(parameter_binds, backend, parametric_pulses,
+                                         **run_config_common_dict)
 
         # If circuits are parameterized, bind parameters and remove from run_config
         bound_experiments, run_config = _expand_parameters(circuits=experiments,
@@ -352,7 +343,7 @@ def _parse_pulse_args(backend, qubit_lo_freq, meas_lo_freq, qubit_lo_range,
     return run_config
 
 
-def _parse_circuit_args(parameter_binds, **run_config):
+def _parse_circuit_args(parameter_binds, backend, parametric_pulses, **run_config):
     """Build a circuit RunConfig replacing unset arguments with defaults derived from the `backend`.
     See `assemble` for more information on the required arguments.
 
@@ -361,9 +352,13 @@ def _parse_circuit_args(parameter_binds, **run_config):
             and determines the runtime environment.
     """
     parameter_binds = parameter_binds or []
-
     # create run configuration and populate
     run_config_dict = dict(parameter_binds=parameter_binds, **run_config)
+    if backend:
+        run_config_dict['parametric_pulses'] = getattr(backend.configuration(), 'parametric_pulses',
+                                                       [])
+    if parametric_pulses:
+        run_config_dict['parametric_pulses'] = parametric_pulses
     run_config = RunConfig(**{k: v for k, v in run_config_dict.items() if v is not None})
 
     return run_config

qiskit/qobj/qasm_qobj.py

@@ -424,6 +424,10 @@ def __init__(self, name, qubits, params, instructions):
         self.params = params
         self.instructions = instructions
 
+    def __hash__(self):
+        return hash((self.name, tuple(self.qubits), tuple(self.params),
+                     tuple(str(inst) for inst in self.instructions)))
+
     def to_dict(self):
         """Return a dictionary format representation of the Gate Calibration.
 

releasenotes/notes/pulse-gate-calibrations-78fd3fa5a5328761.yaml

@@ -34,3 +34,8 @@ features:
         # Register the schedule to the gate
         circ.add_calibration('h', [0], custom_h_schedule)  # or gate.name string to register
         circ.add_calibration(RxGate(3.14), [0], q1_x180)   # Can accept gate
+
+    Previously, this functionality could only be capitalized on through complete Pulse
+    Schedules. With updates to the QASM Qobj and the assembler, jobs can now be sent as
+    circuit jobs, augmented with calibration libraries to communicate your custom definitions
+    to the backend.