qutip - Quantum Toolbox in Python
Simulate open and closed quantum systems with multiple solvers for master equations and Lindblad dynamics
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Updated: 2026-06-15Capabilities
Typical Inputs
Typical Outputs
What this skill does
- create quantum states
- create quantum operators
- evolve quantum states
- solve master equations
- solve Lindblad dynamics
- compute expectation values
- compute entropy measures
- compute fidelity metrics
- compute correlation functions
- find steady states
- plot Bloch sphere
- plot Wigner functions
- plot Fock distributions
- apply Floquet theory
- solve HEOM equations
Inputs
- Hamiltonian operator
- initial quantum state
- collapse operators
- time list
- Hilbert space dimension
- coupling parameters
Outputs
- expectation values
- quantum states
- density matrices
- entropy metrics
- fidelity metrics
- correlation functions
- steady states
- Bloch sphere plots
- Wigner function plots
- Fock distribution plots
Requirements
- Python 3.8 or later
- NumPy
- SciPy
- Matplotlib
- uv or pip package manager