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Remove reset from beginning of tomography experiments (#1250)
### Summary This change removes the reset instruction from the beginning of tomography experiments. ### Details and comments Some backends do not implement reset but can be treated as having reset the qubits between circuits. It is also possible some backends implement reset but have a slower, higher fidelity reset between circuits than the in-circuit reset.
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qiskit_experiments/library/tomography/tomography_experiment.py

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if prep_element:
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# Add tomography preparation
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prep_circ = self._prep_circ_basis.circuit(prep_element, self._prep_physical_qubits)
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circ.reset(self._prep_indices)
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circ.compose(prep_circ, self._prep_indices, inplace=True)
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circ.barrier(*self._prep_indices)
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other:
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Removed the reset instruction from the beginning of tomography experiments.
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Since qubits are usually reset between circuits, this change should have no
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impact on tomography experiments, but it should allow backends that do not
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provide a reset instruction to run tomography experiments. `#1250
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<https://github.com/Qiskit-Extensions/qiskit-experiments/issues/881>`

test/library/tomography/test_process_tomography.py

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fid = qi.process_fidelity(state.value, targets[idx], require_tp=False)
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self.assertGreater(
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fid,
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0.95,
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0.935,
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msg=f"{fitter} fidelity {fid} is low for conditional outcome {idx}",
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prob = state.extra["conditional_probability"]
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prob_target = 0.5
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self.assertTrue(
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np.isclose(prob, prob_target, atol=1e-2),
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np.isclose(prob, prob_target, atol=2e-2),
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msg=(
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f"fitter {fitter} probability incorrect for conditional"
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f" measurement {idx} {outcome} ({prob} != {prob_target})"

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