Fix converting VectorStateFn
to a CircuitStateFn
#8405
Merged
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Summary
Fix converting a
VectorStateFn
to aCircuitStateFn
, which previously resulted in aStateFn
that couldn't be adjoint.Details and comments
Previously it was not possible to adjoint a
CircuitStateFn
that has beenconstructed from a
VectorStateFn
, because the statevector has beenconverted to a circuit with the
Initialize
instruction, whichis not unitary. This problem is now fixed by instead using the
StatePreparation
instruction, which can be used since the state is assumed to start out in the all 0 state.
For example we can now do:
This also enables using initial states in #8304.