rxGate

x-axis rotation gate

Since R2023a

Installation Required: This functionality requires MATLAB Support Package for Quantum Computing.

Syntax

g = rxGate(targetQubit,theta)

Description

g = rxGate(targetQubit,theta) applies an x-axis rotation gate to a single target qubit and returns a quantum.gate.SimpleGate object. This gate rotates the qubit state around the x-axis by an angle of theta.

• If targetQubit and theta are vectors of the same length, rxGate returns a column vector of gates, where g(i) represents an x-axis rotation gate applied to a qubit with index targetQubit(i) with a rotation angle of theta(i).

• If either targetQubit or theta is a scalar, and the other input is a vector, then MATLAB^® expands the scalar to match the size of the vector input.

Examples

x-Axis Rotation Gate and Its Matrix Representation

Create an x-axis rotation gate that acts on a single qubit with rotation angle pi/2.

g = rxGate(1,pi/2)

g = 

  SimpleGate with properties:

             Type: "rx"
    ControlQubits: [1×0 double]
     TargetQubits: 1
           Angles: 1.5708

Get the matrix representation of the gate.

M = getMatrix(g)

M =

   0.7071 + 0.0000i   0.0000 - 0.7071i
   0.0000 - 0.7071i   0.7071 + 0.0000i

Array of x-Axis Rotation Gates

Create an array of three x-axis rotation gates. The first gate acts on qubit 1 with rotation angle pi/4, the next gate acts on qubit 2 with rotation angle pi/2, and the final gate acts on qubit 3 with rotation angle 3*pi/4.

g = rxGate(1:3,pi/4*(1:3))

g = 

  3×1 SimpleGate array with gates:

    Id   Gate   Control   Target   Angle
     1   rx               1        pi/4 
     2   rx               2        pi/2 
     3   rx               3        3pi/4

Input Arguments

targetQubit — Target qubit of gate

positive integer scalar | positive integer vector

Target qubit of the gate, specified as a positive integer scalar index or vector of qubit indices.

Example: 1

Example: 3:5

theta — Rotation angle

real scalar | real vector

Rotation angle, specified as a real scalar or vector.

Example: pi

Example: (1:3)*pi/2

More About

Matrix Representation of x-Axis Rotation Gate

The matrix representation of an x-axis rotation gate applied to a target qubit with a rotation angle of $$\theta$$ is

$$\left[\begin{array}{cc}\cos \left(\frac{\theta }{2}\right)& -i\sin \left(\frac{\theta }{2}\right)\\ -i\sin \left(\frac{\theta }{2}\right)& \cos \left(\frac{\theta }{2}\right)\end{array}\right].$$

Applying this gate with rotation angle $$\theta =\pi$$ is equivalent to applying a Pauli X gate (xGate) up to a global phase factor.

Version History

Introduced in R2023a