Defer op-arithmetic to default qubit

.github/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@
 * Implements caching for Kokkos installation.
 [(#316)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-lightning/pull/316)
 
+* Supports measurements of operator arithmetic classes such as `Sum`, `Prod`,
+  and `SProd` by deferring handling of them to `DefaultQubit`.
+  [(#349)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-lightning/pull/349)
+
+```
+@qml.qnode(qml.device('lightning.qubit', wires=2))
+def circuit():
+    obs = qml.s_prod(2.1, qml.PauliZ(0)) + qml.op_sum(qml.PauliX(0), qml.PauliZ(1))
+    return qml.expval(obs)
+```
+
 ### Documentation
 
 ### Bug fixes
@@ -32,7 +43,7 @@
 
 This release contains contributions from (in alphabetical order):
 
-Amintor Dusko, Chae-Yeun Park
+Amintor Dusko, Christina Lee, Chae-Yeun Park
 
 ---
 

pennylane_lightning/_version.py

@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
    Version number (major.minor.patch[-label])
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.26.0-dev11"
+__version__ = "0.26.0-dev12"

pennylane_lightning/lightning_qubit.py

@@ -76,14 +76,6 @@ def _remove_snapshot_from_operations(operations):
     return operations
 
 
-def _remove_op_arithmetic_from_observables(observables):
-    observables = observables.copy()
-    observables.discard("Sum")
-    observables.discard("SProd")
-    observables.discard("Prod")
-    return observables
-
-
 class LightningQubit(DefaultQubit):
     """PennyLane Lightning device.
 
@@ -111,7 +103,6 @@ class LightningQubit(DefaultQubit):
     author = "Xanadu Inc."
     _CPP_BINARY_AVAILABLE = True
     operations = _remove_snapshot_from_operations(DefaultQubit.operations)
-    observables = _remove_op_arithmetic_from_observables(DefaultQubit.observables)
 
     def __init__(self, wires, *, c_dtype=np.complex128, shots=None, batch_obs=False):
         if c_dtype is np.complex64:
@@ -617,10 +608,15 @@ def expval(self, observable, shot_range=None, bin_size=None):
         Returns:
             Expectation value of the observable
         """
-        if isinstance(observable.name, List) or observable.name in [
-            "Identity",
-            "Projector",
-        ]:
+        if (
+            (observable.arithmetic_depth > 0)
+            or isinstance(observable.name, List)
+            or observable.name
+            in [
+                "Identity",
+                "Projector",
+            ]
+        ):
             return super().expval(observable, shot_range=shot_range, bin_size=bin_size)
 
         if self.shots is not None:

tests/test_device.py

@@ -39,20 +39,3 @@ def test_create_device_with_dtype(C):
 def test_create_device_with_unsupported_dtype():
     with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="Unsupported complex Type:"):
         dev = qml.device("lightning.qubit", wires=1, c_dtype=np.complex256)
-
-
-def test_no_op_arithmetic_support():
-    """Test that lightning qubit explicitly does not support SProd, Prod, and Sum."""
-
-    dev = qml.device("lightning.qubit", wires=2)
-    for name in {"Prod", "SProd", "Sum"}:
-        assert name not in dev.operations
-
-    obs = qml.prod(qml.PauliX(0), qml.PauliY(1))
-
-    @qml.qnode(dev)
-    def circuit():
-        return qml.expval(obs)
-
-    with pytest.raises(qml.DeviceError, match=r"Observable Prod not supported on device"):
-        circuit()

tests/test_expval.py

@@ -110,6 +110,72 @@ def test_hadamard_expectation(self, theta, phi, qubit_device_3_wires, tol):
         assert np.allclose(res, expected, tol)
 
 
+class TestExpOperatorArithmetic:
+    """Test integration of lightning with SProd, Prod, and Sum."""
+
+    dev = qml.device("lightning.qubit", wires=2)
+
+    def test_sprod(self):
+        """Test the `SProd` class with lightning qubit."""
+
+        @qml.qnode(self.dev)
+        def circuit(x):
+            qml.RX(x, wires=0)
+            return qml.expval(qml.s_prod(0.5, qml.PauliZ(0)))
+
+        x = np.array(0.123)
+        res = circuit(x)
+        assert qml.math.allclose(res, 0.5 * np.cos(x))
+
+    def test_prod(self):
+        """Test the `Prod` class with lightning qubit."""
+
+        @qml.qnode(self.dev)
+        def circuit(x):
+            qml.RX(x, wires=0)
+            qml.Hadamard(1)
+            qml.PauliZ(1)
+            return qml.expval(qml.prod(qml.PauliZ(0), qml.PauliX(1)))
+
+        x = np.array(0.123)
+        res = circuit(x)
+        assert qml.math.allclose(res, -np.cos(x))
+
+    def test_sum(self):
+        """Test the `Sum` class with lightning qubit."""
+
+        @qml.qnode(self.dev)
+        def circuit(x, y):
+            qml.RX(x, wires=0)
+            qml.RY(y, wires=1)
+            return qml.expval(qml.op_sum(qml.PauliZ(0), qml.PauliX(1)))
+
+        x = np.array(-3.21)
+        y = np.array(2.34)
+        res = circuit(x, y)
+        assert qml.math.allclose(res, np.cos(x) + np.sin(y))
+
+    def test_integration(self):
+        """Test a Combination of `Sum`, `SProd`, and `Prod`."""
+
+        obs = qml.op_sum(
+            qml.s_prod(2.3, qml.PauliZ(0)), -0.5 * qml.prod(qml.PauliY(0), qml.PauliZ(1))
+        )
+
+        @qml.qnode(self.dev)
+        def circuit(x, y):
+            qml.RX(x, wires=0)
+            qml.RY(y, wires=1)
+            return qml.expval(obs)
+
+        x = np.array(0.654)
+        y = np.array(-0.634)
+
+        res = circuit(x, y)
+        expected = 2.3 * np.cos(x) + 0.5 * np.sin(x) * np.cos(y)
+        assert qml.math.allclose(res, expected)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("theta,phi,varphi", list(zip(THETA, PHI, VARPHI)))
 class TestTensorExpval:
     """Test tensor expectation values"""