Add Fourier interferometers explicitly to Perceval#710
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I added the serialization for the new component (so it won't be serialized as a regular Unitary). This will require a new version of exqalibur to work with the CircuitOptimizer. Also, this will require updating perceval on the cloud side so it can understand what we are using |
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As you said this class was used in some notebooks, can you update them so they use this new method ?
| def fourier(m: int) -> "Unitary": # Python 3.11 : Replace using Self typing | ||
| r"""Static method generating a Fourier interferometer unitary. | ||
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| :param m: Number of modes in random unitary. |
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Update the doc (it's not random)
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Fourier interferometers are possibly the most commonly used optical component/circuit that is not directly available in Perceval currently.
Here, I've defined a Fourier interferometer class
UFT(Unitary)that can be immediately defined:This saves the user from calculating the
Matrixform of Fourier interferometers and then explicitly defining the matrix as aUnitary.I have also made it available from root.