v7.2.0

Added

• SNAP gate support. Example:

  import numpy as np
  import piquasso as pq
  
  snap_angles = [np.pi / 2, np.pi / 7, 3 * np.pi / 2, np.pi / 5, np.pi / 4]
  
  with pq.Program() as program:
      pq.Q() | pq.Vacuum()
      pq.Q(0) | pq.Squeezing(r=0.1) | pq.SNAP(theta=snap_angles)
      pq.Q(1) | pq.Displacement(0.2)
  
      pq.Q(0, 1) | pq.Beamsplitter(theta=np.pi / 3, phi=np.pi / 4)
  
  simulator = pq.PureFockSimulator(d=2, config=pq.Config(cutoff=5))
  state = simulator.execute(program).state

• A tutorial for "Boson Sampling as a hardware accelerator for Monte Carlo integration".
• Support for Python 3.14.
• Computing parity operator expectation values of Gaussian states via
  GaussianState.get_parity_operator_expectation_value.

Fixed

• Blackbird-exported program name was space-separated, which is not accepted by
  blackbird itself, so it got rewritten to be underscore-separated.

Breaking changes

• Python 3.8 (which reached its EOL in 2024) support is dropped.

New Contributors

• @mgarnier59 made their first contribution in #562

Full Changelog: v7.1.0...v7.2.0