_index.yaml

book_path: /cirq/_book.yaml
project_path: /cirq/_project.yaml
title: Hardware
landing_page:
  nav: left
  rows:
  - heading: Represent a quantum hardware device
    description: Define the characteristics and constraints of quantum hardware devices,
      to support running circuits on those devices.
    options:
    - cards
    items:
    - heading: Devices
      description: Represent the constraints a device imposes on runnable circuits
        with the Device class.
      path: /cirq/hardware/devices

  - heading: Run a circuit on a hardware device
    description: Cirq provides interfaces for running your circuits on quantum hardware
      provided by many different services.
    options:
    - cards
    items:
    - heading: Qubit Picking
      description: Information to help you pick good qubits for running your circuit
        on a hardware or hardware-like device.
      path: /cirq/hardware/qubit_picking

  - heading: AQT hardware
    description: Cirq's interface with Alpine Quantum Technologies hardware.
    options:
    - cards
    items:
    - heading: Access and authentication
      description: How to gain access.
      path: /cirq/hardware/aqt/access
    - heading: Getting started with AQT hardware
      description: How to run your first circuit.
      path: /cirq/hardware/aqt/getting_started

  - heading: Azure Quantum
    description: Cirq's interface with Microsoft Azure Quantum services.
    options:
    - cards
    items:
    - heading: Access and authentication
      description: How to gain access.
      path: /cirq/hardware/azure-quantum/access
    - heading: Getting started with Honeywell on AQT hardware
      description: How to run your first circuit on a Honeywell device.
      path: /cirq/hardware/azure-quantum/getting_started_honeywell
    - heading: Getting started with IonQ on AQT hardware
      description: How to run your first circuit on an IonQ device.
      path: /cirq/hardware/azure-quantum/getting_started_ionq

  - heading: IonQ hardware
    description: Cirq's interface with IonQ hardware.
    options:
    - cards
    items:
    - heading: Access and authentication
      description: How to gain access.
      path: /cirq/hardware/ionq/access
    - heading: Getting started with IonQ hardware
      description: How to run your first circuit.
      path: /cirq/hardware/ionq/getting_started
    - heading: IonQ API Service
      description: Using the IonQ API.
      path: /cirq/hardware/ionq/service
    - heading: IonQ API circuits
      description: Writing circuits for the IonQ API.
      path: /cirq/hardware/ionq/circuits
    - heading: Running IonQ API jobs
      description: How to run jobs with the IonQ API.
      path: /cirq/hardware/ionq/jobs
    - heading: IonQ API calibrations
      description: How to get hardware device calibration data through the IonQ API.
      path: /cirq/hardware/ionq/calibrations

  - heading: Pasqal hardware
    description: Cirq's interface with Pasqal hardware.
    options:
    - cards
    items:
    - heading: Access and authentication
      description: How to gain access.
      path: /cirq/hardware/pasqal/access
    - heading: Getting started with Pasqal hardware
      description: How to run your first circuit.
      path: /cirq/hardware/pasqal/getting_started
    - heading: Pasqal devices
      description: Device objects to specify Pasqal hardware.
      path: /cirq/hardware/pasqal/devices
    - heading: Pasqal sampler
      description: Sampler objects to run on Pasqal hardware.
      path: /cirq/hardware/pasqal/sampler

  - heading: Rigetti hardware
    description: Cirq's interface with Rigetti hardware. (Note: this module was deprecated in Cirq version 1.5.)
    options:
    - cards
    items:
    - heading: Access and authentication
      description: How to gain access.
      path: /cirq/hardware/rigetti/access
    - heading: Getting started with Rigetti hardware
      description: How to run your first circuit.
      path: /cirq/hardware/rigetti/getting_started