Z operation

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Namespace: Microsoft.Quantum.Intrinsic

Package: Microsoft.Quantum.Type2.Core

Applies the Pauli $Z$ gate.

operation Z (qubit : Qubit) : Unit is Adj + Ctl

Description

\begin{align} \sigma_z \mathrel{:=} \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & -1 \end{bmatrix}. \end{align}

Input

qubit : Qubit

Qubit to which the gate should be applied.

Output : Unit