Qu'est-ce qu'Amazon Braket ?
Amazon Braket est un service d'informatique quantique entièrement géré qui vous permet d'explorer et d'expérimenter des ordinateurs quantiques de plusieurs fournisseurs — le tout via un SDK Python cohérent. Le simulateur local est entièrement gratuit. Les simulateurs cloud facturent de faibles frais par tâche. Les tirs sur QPU réels sont facturés au tir.
Installation et configuration
pip install amazon-braket-sdk
# AWS credentials (needed for cloud features)
# Option 1: AWS CLI
aws configure
# Option 2: Environment variables
export AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1
export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=your_key
export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=your_secretSimulateur local gratuit
Le LocalSimulator est entièrement gratuit, s'exécute sur votre machine et ne nécessite aucun compte AWS.
from braket.circuits import Circuit, FreeParameter
from braket.devices import LocalSimulator
# Free — no AWS credentials needed
device = LocalSimulator()
# Build a Bell state circuit
circuit = Circuit()
circuit.h(0)
circuit.cnot(0, 1)
circuit.probability() # Return outcome probabilities
task = device.run(circuit, shots=0) # shots=0 for exact probabilities
result = task.result()
print(result.values) # [[0.5, 0, 0, 0.5]]
# With sampling (shots)
circuit2 = Circuit().h(0).cnot(0, 1)
task2 = device.run(circuit2, shots=1000)
counts = task2.result().measurement_counts
print(counts) # {'00': ~500, '11': ~500}Circuits paramétriques
from braket.circuits import Circuit, FreeParameter
from braket.devices import LocalSimulator
# FreeParameters for variational circuits
theta = FreeParameter("theta")
phi = FreeParameter("phi")
circuit = Circuit()
circuit.ry(0, theta)
circuit.ry(1, phi)
circuit.cnot(0, 1)
circuit.expectation(observable=braket.Observable.Z() @ braket.Observable.Z(),
target=[0, 1])
device = LocalSimulator()
# Sweep parameters
import numpy as np
for t in np.linspace(0, 2 * np.pi, 20):
task = device.run(circuit, shots=200, inputs={"theta": t, "phi": 0.5})
result = task.result()
print(f"theta={t:.2f}: {result.values}")Simulateurs cloud (SV1, DM1, TN1)
from braket.aws import AwsDevice
from braket.circuits import Circuit
# SV1 — Statevector simulator (up to 34 qubits)
sv1 = AwsDevice("arn:aws:braket:::device/quantum-simulator/amazon/sv1")
# DM1 — Density matrix with noise (up to 17 qubits)
dm1 = AwsDevice("arn:aws:braket:::device/quantum-simulator/amazon/dm1")
# TN1 — Tensor network (up to 50 qubits, sparse circuits)
tn1 = AwsDevice("arn:aws:braket:::device/quantum-simulator/amazon/tn1")
circuit = Circuit().h(0).cnot(0, 1)
# Note: cloud sims have per-task + compute costs (~$0.075/task)
task = sv1.run(
circuit,
shots=1000,
s3_destination_folder=("your-s3-bucket", "results/")
)
print(task.result().measurement_counts)Matériel QPU réel
Braket QPUs are pay-per-shot — see the free real-hardware options and how Braket compares with IBM Quantum before spending anything.
from braket.aws import AwsDevice
from braket.circuits import Circuit
# IonQ Aria (trapped-ion, ~$0.01/shot)
ionq_device = AwsDevice(
"arn:aws:braket:us-east-1::device/qpu/ionq/Aria-1"
)
# Oxford Quantum Circuits (superconducting)
oqc_device = AwsDevice(
"arn:aws:braket:eu-west-2::device/qpu/oqc/Lucy"
)
circuit = Circuit().h(0).cnot(0, 1)
# Check device availability before submitting
print(ionq_device.status)
print(ionq_device.properties.paradigm.qubitCount)
# Submit (costs apply per shot on real hardware)
task = ionq_device.run(circuit, shots=50)
print(task.result().measurement_counts)Keep exploring
Also available via HLQuantum
Want to run the same circuit on multiple backends without rewriting your code? HLQuantum abstracts this SDK (and 5 others) behind a single unified API.
import hlquantum as hlq
qc = hlq.Circuit(2)
qc.h(0).cx(0, 1).measure_all()
# One line to switch between any backend
result = hlq.run(qc, shots=1024) # auto-detect
result = hlq.run(qc, shots=1024, backend="braket") # explicit