v4.5.0

What's Changed

• Update descriptions of sampling method in photonic_basics.ipynb by @Hugh-888 in #117
• Avoid the calculation of Fock probabilities for Bosonic backend (#118) by @Hugh-888 in #119
• Optimize get_unitary for QumodeCircuit by @sansiro77 in #121
• Add the iSWAP gate by @sansiro77 in #122
• Update the old API of example notebook for optimizer by @Jooyuza in #124
• Optimize get_unitary for QumodeCircuit on GPUs by @sansiro77 in #123
• Fix photon_number_mean_var for Bosonic backend on GPUs by @sansiro77 in #125
• Add docstrings for the argument loop_gates by @Jooyuza in #126
• Update benchmark scripts by @Jooyuza in #128
• Fix the post-processing of chain-rule sampling on specific wires for Gaussian backend (#120) by @Hugh-888 in #127
• Update README by @sansiro77 in #129
• Update GBS examples by @Hugh-888 in #130
• Fix get_unitary of QumodeCircuit for VMAP by @sansiro77 in #132
• Fix numerical instability in higher-order gradients of Hafnian (#133) by @Hugh-888 in #134
• Wigner function implementation from Fock state tensor by @Hugh-888 in #135
• Support the expectation value of photon number operator and quadrature operator for Fock backend (basis=False) by @Hugh-888 in #136
• Update dependencies and fix Wigner function by @sansiro77 in #137
• Support vmap over multiple instances of QumodeCircuit by @Jooyuza in #139
• Update docs and configure Ruff/Jupytext/Pre-commit by @sansiro77 in #138
• Fix the dynamic update of Fock basis states and refactor QumodeCircuit by @sansiro77 in #140
• Use block sampling to accelerate measurement for Fock backend by @Jooyuza in #143
• Overhaul project structure, developer workflow, and documentation by @sansiro77 in #142
• Exclude symlinks from pre-commit to fix Windows compatibility by @sansiro77 in #144
• Add attribution to Graphix for refactored functions by @Jooyuza in #145
• Fix chain-rule sampling with threshold detector for Gaussian backend (#146) by @Hugh-888 in #147
• Fix Apple Silicon MPS compatibility and refactor native dtype/device casting by @sansiro77 in #151
• Update GraphGBS by @Hugh-888 in #153
• Version 4.5.0 by @sansiro77 in #148
• Add and update demos by @yang159753 in #150
• Debug and optimize Fock backend for density matrix by @sansiro77 in #154
• Update demos by @yang159753 in #157
• Support the graph visualization for Gaussian pure states by @Hugh-888 in #152

New Contributors

• @yang159753 made their first contribution in #150

Full Changelog: v4.4.0...v4.5.0