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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions cirq-core/cirq/devices/grid_device_metadata.py
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# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.

"""Metadata subtype for 2D Homogenous devices."""
"""Metadata subtype for 2D homogeneous devices."""

from __future__ import annotations

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@value.value_equality
class GridDeviceMetadata(device.DeviceMetadata):
"""Hardware metadata for homogenous 2d symmetric grid devices."""
"""Hardware metadata for homogeneous 2d symmetric grid devices."""

def __init__(
self,
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion cirq-core/cirq/devices/noise_model.py
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def validate_all_measurements(moment: cirq.Moment) -> bool:
"""Ensures that the moment is homogenous and returns whether all ops are measurement gates.
"""Ensures that the moment is homogeneous and returns whether all ops are measurement gates.

Args:
moment: the moment to be checked
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion cirq-core/cirq/experiments/t2_decay_experiment.py
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π/2, t, π, 2t, π, ... 2t, π, t

The first pulse, a sqrt(Y) gate, will put the qubit's state on the Bloch
equator. After a delay, successive X gates will refocus dehomogenous
equator. After a delay, successive X gates will refocus dehomogeneous

@pavoljuhas pavoljuhas May 28, 2026

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Native speakers - is dehomogeneous a real word?

Should it be non-homogeneous instead?

phase effects by causing them to precess in opposite directions and
averaging their effects across the entire pulse train.

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion docs/google/devices.md
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The availability of these gates is controlled by the gateset
parameter that is used.

Note that current hardware gates are noisy and not homogenous
Note that current hardware gates are noisy and not homogeneous
across the device. Unitaries provided below are for the ideal case.
Real unitaries applied to the qubit may vary from qubit to qubit
and may drift over time.
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