alterlab-cirq

What problem does it solve?

Cirq enables researchers and engineers to design, simulate, and run quantum circuits on Google's Quantum AI hardware and simulators, lowering barriers to prototyping quantum algorithms and evaluating hardware-aware performance.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Circuit construction: build and organize quantum circuits with qubits, gates, and measurements.
• Simulation: run exact or noisy simulations to study state evolution and measurement outcomes.
• Hardware integration: target Google hardware or simulators via cirq-google and related tools.
• Noise modeling: apply realistic noise models to assess robustness and error mitigation strategies.
• Quantum experiments: design, sweep, and analyze experiments to explore algorithm performance and benchmarks.
• Transformation and optimization: apply circuit transformations to optimize depth and gate count for hardware compatibility.

Quick Start

Create a simple Cirq circuit and run a basic simulation on a local simulator.