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dq.zero 

zero(*dims: int) -> Array

Returns the null operator.

If multiple dimensions are provided \(\mathtt{dims}=(n_1,\dots,n_N)\), it returns the null operator of the composite Hilbert space of dimension \(n=\prod n_k\): $$ 0_n = 0_{n_1}\otimes\dots\otimes 0_{n_N}. $$

Parameters

  • *dims –

    Hilbert space dimension of each subsystem.

Returns

(array of shape (n, n)) Null operator, with n = prod(dims).

Examples

Single-mode \(0_4\):

>>> dq.zero(4)
Array([[0.+0.j, 0.+0.j, 0.+0.j, 0.+0.j],
       [0.+0.j, 0.+0.j, 0.+0.j, 0.+0.j],
       [0.+0.j, 0.+0.j, 0.+0.j, 0.+0.j],
       [0.+0.j, 0.+0.j, 0.+0.j, 0.+0.j]], dtype=complex64)

Multi-mode \(0_2 \otimes 0_3\):

>>> dq.zero(2, 3)
Array([[0.+0.j, 0.+0.j, 0.+0.j, 0.+0.j, 0.+0.j, 0.+0.j],
       [0.+0.j, 0.+0.j, 0.+0.j, 0.+0.j, 0.+0.j, 0.+0.j],
       [0.+0.j, 0.+0.j, 0.+0.j, 0.+0.j, 0.+0.j, 0.+0.j],
       [0.+0.j, 0.+0.j, 0.+0.j, 0.+0.j, 0.+0.j, 0.+0.j],
       [0.+0.j, 0.+0.j, 0.+0.j, 0.+0.j, 0.+0.j, 0.+0.j],
       [0.+0.j, 0.+0.j, 0.+0.j, 0.+0.j, 0.+0.j, 0.+0.j]], dtype=complex64)