Citation¶

If you use PySTE please cite the accompanying paper:

Long, C. K., Mayhall, N. J., Economou, S. E., Barnes, E., Barnes, C. H. W., Martins, F., … Mertig, N. (2024). Minimal evolution times for fast, pulse-based state preparation in silicon spin qubits. arXiv [Quant-Ph]. Retrieved from http://arxiv.org/abs/2406.10913

@misc{long2024minimalevolutiontimesfast,
      title={Minimal evolution times for fast, pulse-based state preparation in silicon spin qubits}, 
      author={Christopher K. Long and Nicholas J. Mayhall and Sophia E. Economou and Edwin Barnes and Crispin H. W. Barnes and Frederico Martins and David R. M. Arvidsson-Shukur and Normann Mertig},
      year={2024},
      eprint={2406.10913},
      archivePrefix={arXiv},
      primaryClass={quant-ph},
      url={https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.10913}, 
}

TY  - MISC
AU  - Long, Christopher K
AU  - Mayhall, Nicholas J
AU  - Economou, Sophia E
AU  - Barnes, Edwin
AU  - Barnes, Crispin H W
AU  - Martins, Frederico
AU  - Arvidsson-Shukur, David R M
AU  - Mertig, Normann
TI  - Minimal evolution times for fast, pulse-based state preparation in silicon
      spin qubits
T2  - arXiv [quant-ph]
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024
UR  - http://arxiv.org/abs/2406.10913
ER  - 

Additionally, you can reference this code base specifically with the following citation:

Long C.K., Barnes C.H.W., Metrig N. (2025). PySTE (version 1.0.1). URL: https://github.com/Christopher-K-Long/PySTE

@misc{YourReferenceHere,
author = {Long, Christopher K. and Barnes, Crispin H. W. and Metrig, Normann},
month = {6},
title = {PySTE},
url = {https://github.com/Christopher-K-Long/PySTE},
year = {2025}
}

TY  - GEN
AB  - A Python package for evolving states under the Schrödinger equation using first-order Suzuki-Trotter and computing switching functions.
AU  - Long, Christopher K.
AU  - Barnes, Crispin H. W.
AU  - Metrig, Normann
DA  - 2025-06-15
KW  - evolver
KW  - evolution
KW  - suzuki
KW  - trotter
KW  - simulation
KW  - integrator
KW  - integration
KW  - unitary
KW  - quantum
PY  - 2025
TI  - PySTE
UR  - https://github.com/Christopher-K-Long/PySTE
ER

%0 Generic
%A Long, Christopher K.
%A Barnes, Crispin H. W.
%A Metrig, Normann
%D 2025
%K evolver
%K evolution
%K suzuki
%K trotter
%K simulation
%K integrator
%K integration
%K unitary
%K quantum
%T PySTE
%U https://github.com/Christopher-K-Long/PySTE

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message: >-
  If you use Suzuki-Trotter-Evolver please cite the accompanying paper:

    Long, C. K., Mayhall, N. J., Economou, S. E., Barnes, E., Barnes, C. H. W.,
    Martins, F., … Mertig, N. (2024). Minimal evolution times for fast,
    pulse-based state preparation in silicon spin qubits. arXiv [Quant-Ph].
    Retrieved from http://arxiv.org/abs/2406.10913

  Additionally, you can reference this code base using this CFF file.
type: software
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    family-names: Long
    email: ckl45@cam.ac.uk
    affiliation: University of Cambridge and Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory
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  - given-names: Crispin H. W.
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    affiliation: University of Cambridge
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  - given-names: Normann
    family-names: Metrig
    affiliation: Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory
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  A Python package for evolving states under the Schrödinger equation using
  first-order Suzuki-Trotter and computing switching functions.
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  - evolver
  - evolution
  - suzuki
  - trotter
  - simulation
  - integrator
  - integration
  - unitary
  - quantum
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version: 1.0.1
date-released: '2025-06-15'