pygsti.basis_element_labels

pygsti.basis_element_labels(basis, dimOrBlockDims)

Returns a list of short labels corresponding to to the elements of the described basis. These labels are typically used to label the rows/columns of a box-plot of a matrix in the basis.

Parameters:
  • basis ({‘std’, ‘gm’,’pp’}) – Which basis the gateset is represented in. Allowed options are Matrix-unit (std), Gell-Mann (gm) and Pauli-product (pp). If the basis is not known, then an empty list is returned.
  • dimOrBlockDims (int or list) – Dimension of basis matrices. If a list of integers, then gives the dimensions of the terms in a direct-sum decomposition of the density matrix space acted on by the basis.
Returns:

A list of length dim, whose elements label the basis elements.

Return type:

list of strings