Merge pull request #429 from qutech/issues/422_parallel_constant_channel

Issues/422 parallel constant channel

ReleaseNotes.txt

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     - Add `AbstractPulseTemplate` class
     - `PointPulseTemplate`:
         - Fixed bug in integral evaluation
+    - Add `ParallelConstantChannelPulseTemplate` which allows adding a constant valued channel to an arbitrary pulse template
 
 - Expressions:
     - Make ExpressionScalar hashable

doc/source/examples/10FreeInductionDecayExample.ipynb

@@ -934,9 +934,6 @@
     "                      t_step=5,\n",
     "                      N_fid_steps=5, N_repetitions=2)\n",
     "\n",
-    "# convert lists to numpy arrays\n",
-    "example_values = {k: np.array(v) if isinstance(v, list) else v\n",
-    "                  for k, v in example_values.items()}\n",
     "from qupulse.pulses.plotting import plot\n",
     "\n",
     "_ = plot(experiment, example_values)"
@@ -1756,6 +1753,44 @@
     "\n",
     "_ = plot(experiment, example_values)"
    ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "As a last step we will save the pulse and some example parameters so we can use it in other examples."
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 6,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "Successfully saved pulse and example parameters\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "import json\n",
+    "from qupulse.serialization import FilesystemBackend, PulseStorage\n",
+    "\n",
+    "pulse_storage = PulseStorage(FilesystemBackend('./serialized_pulses'))\n",
+    "\n",
+    "# overwrite all pulses explicitly\n",
+    "pulse_storage.overwrite('adprep', adprep)\n",
+    "pulse_storage.overwrite('S_init', S_init)\n",
+    "pulse_storage.overwrite('adread', adread)\n",
+    "pulse_storage.overwrite('free_induction_decay', experiment)\n",
+    "\n",
+    "with open('parameters/free_induction_decay.json', 'w') as parameter_file:\n",
+    "    json.dump(example_values, parameter_file)\n",
+    "\n",
+    "print('Successfully saved pulse and example parameters')"
+   ]
   }
  ],
  "metadata": {