dq.zeros_like

zeros_like(
    x: QArrayLike, dims: tuple[int, ...] | None = None, layout: Layout | None = None
) -> QArray

Returns the null operator in the Hilbert space of the input.

Parameters:

• x (qarray-like of shape (..., n, 1) or (..., 1, n) or (..., n, n)) –

  Ket, bra or operator.

• dims (tuple of ints or None) –

  Dimensions of each subsystem in the composite system Hilbert space tensor product. Defaults to None (x.dims if available, single Hilbert space dims=(n,) otherwise).

• layout –

  Overrides the returned matrix layout. If None, the layout is the same as x.

Returns:

• (qarray of shape (n, n)) –

  Null operator, with n = prod(dims).

Examples:

Single-mode \(0_4\):

>>> a = dq.destroy(4)
>>> dq.zeros_like(a)
QArray: shape=(4, 4), dims=(4,), dtype=complex64, layout=dia, ndiags=0
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Multi-mode \(0_2 \otimes 0_3\):

>>> a, b = dq.destroy(2, 3)
>>> dq.zeros_like(a)
QArray: shape=(6, 6), dims=(2, 3), dtype=complex64, layout=dia, ndiags=0
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See also

• dq.zeros(): returns the null operator.