Phase-Shift Gate in Qiskit

Question

How to implement the phase shift gate in qiskit or ibmq? Phase Shift Gate : $$\begin{pmatrix}e^{ia} && 0 \\ 0 && e^{ia}\end{pmatrix} = e^{ia}I$$

Answer 1

You can implement the phase shift gate $$P_h(\theta) = \begin{pmatrix}e^{i\theta} & 0\\0 & e^{i\theta}\end{pmatrix}$$ with the X and u1 gate from the IBM Q chips: $$ \begin{align} P_h(\theta) &= U_1(\theta)\ X\ U_1(\theta)\ X \\ &= \begin{pmatrix}1 & 0\\0 & e^{i\theta}\end{pmatrix} \begin{pmatrix}0 & 1\\1 & 0\end{pmatrix} \begin{pmatrix}1 & 0\\0 & e^{i\theta}\end{pmatrix} \begin{pmatrix}0 & 1\\1 & 0\end{pmatrix} \\ &= \begin{pmatrix}0 & 1\\e^{i\theta} & 0\end{pmatrix}\begin{pmatrix}0 & 1\\e^{i\theta} & 0\end{pmatrix} \\ &= \begin{pmatrix}e^{i\theta} & 0\\0 & e^{i\theta}\end{pmatrix} \end{align}$$

So:

def Ph(quantum_circuit, theta, qubit):
    quantum_circuit.u1(theta, qubit)
    quantum_circuit.x(qubit)
    quantum_circuit.u1(theta, qubit)
    quantum_circuit.x(qubit)

implements the $P_h$ gate on Qiskit.