Remove outdated drivers

README.md

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ Some of the key features of Qibolab are:
 - Create custom experimental drivers for custom lab setup.
 - Support multiple heterogeneous platforms.
 - Use existing calibration procedures for experimentalists.
-- Provide a emulator backend equipped with various quantum dynamics simulation engines (currently support: QuTiP) for seamless emulation of quantum hardware.
 
 ## Documentation
 

doc/source/index.rst

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ circuits on quantum hardware. Qibolab includes:
 #. :ref:`Arbitrary pulse API <main_doc_pulses>`: provide a library of custom pulses for execution through instruments.
 #. :ref:`Compiler <main_doc_compiler>`: compiles quantum circuits into pulse sequences.
 #. :ref:`Quantum Circuit Deployment <tutorials_circuits>`: seamlessly deploys quantum circuit models on quantum hardware.
-#. :ref:`Emulator <main_doc_emulator>`: seamless emulation of quantum hardware based on a emulator backend equipped with various quantum dynamics simulation engines.
 
 Components
 ----------

doc/source/main-documentation/qibolab.rst

@@ -128,32 +128,6 @@ It is useful for testing parts of the code that do not necessarily require acces
 will create a dummy platform that also has coupler qubits.
 
 
-.. _main_doc_emulator:
-
-Emulator platform
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-QiboLab supports the use of emulators to simulate the behavior of quantum devices. It uses :class:`qibolab.instruments.emulator.pulse_simulator.PulseSimulator`, which is a controller that utilizes a simulation engine to numerically solve the dynamics of the device in the presence of control pulse sequences specified by :class:`qibolab.pulses.PulseSequence`. The emulator platform for a specific device requires its own platform folder and can be initialized in the same way as any other real platforms::
-
-    # .. testcode:: python_emulator
-
-    import os
-    from pathlib import Path
-
-    path_to_emulator_runcard = str(Path.cwd().parent / "tests" / "emulators")
-
-    emulator_runcard_name = "default_q0"
-
-    os.environ["QIBOLAB_PLATFORMS"] = path_to_emulator_runcard  # can also be set beforehand
-
-    from qibolab import create_platform
-
-    platform = create_platform(emulator_runcard_name)
-
-An emulator platform is equivalent to real platforms in terms of attributes and functions, but returns simulated results.
-It is useful for testbedding and calibrating pulses, and testing calibration and characterization routines for the corresponding real device especially when access to the real device is limited or when it is unavailable.
-
-
 .. _main_doc_qubits:
 
 Qubits
@@ -660,11 +634,8 @@ A list of all the supported instruments follows:
 
 Controllers (subclasses of :class:`qibolab.instruments.abstract.Controller`):
     - Dummy Instrument: :class:`qibolab.instruments.dummy.DummyInstrument`
-    - PulseSimulator Instrument: :class:`qibolab.instruments.emulator.pulse_simulator.PulseSimulator`
     - Zurich Instruments: :class:`qibolab.instruments.zhinst.Zurich`
     - Quantum Machines: :class:`qibolab.instruments.qm.controller.QMController`
-    - Qblox: :class:`qibolab.instruments.qblox.controller.QbloxCluster`
-    - Xilinx RFSoCs: :class:`qibolab.instruments.rfsoc.driver.RFSoC`
 
 Other Instruments (subclasses of :class:`qibolab.instruments.abstract.Instrument`):
     - Erasynth++: :class:`qibolab.instruments.erasynth.ERA`
@@ -723,56 +694,3 @@ Quantum Machines
 Tested with a cluster of nine `OPX+ <https://www.quantum-machines.co/products/opx/>`_ controllers, using QOP213 and QOP220.
 
 Qibolab is communicating with the instruments using the `QUA <https://docs.quantum-machines.co/0.1/>`_ language, via the ``qm-qua`` and ``qualang-tools`` Python libraries.
-
-Qblox
-^^^^^
-
-Supports the following Instruments:
-
-- Cluster
-- Cluster QRM-RF
-- Cluster QCM-RF
-- Cluster QCM
-
-Compatible with qblox-instruments driver 0.9.0 (28/2/2023).
-
-RFSoCs
-^^^^^^
-
-Compatible and tested with:
-
-- Xilinx RFSoC4x2
-- Xilinx ZCU111
-- Xilinx ZCU216
-
-Technically compatible with any board running ``qibosoq``.
-
-Pulse Simulator
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-The simulation controller that is used exclusively by the emulator. It serves primarily to implement the device model using the selected quantum dynamics simulation library (engine), as well as translate and communicate between objects from ``qibolab`` and the selected engine.
-
-Available simulation engines:
-
-- ``qutip``
-
-Currently ``AcquisitionType.DISCRIMINATION`` and   ``AcquisitionType.INTEGRATION`` are supported. Note that for ``AcquistionType.INTEGRATION`` samples are projected onto the I component.
-
-Currently does not support:
-
-- Couplers
-- Flux pulses
-
-.. admonition:: Qibocal compatibility
-
-    The following protocols are currently compatible with the emulator platform (``default_q0``):
-
-    - `1D Rabi experiments`
-    - `Ramsey experiments`
-    - `T1`
-    - `T2`
-    - `T2 echo`
-    - `Flipping experiments`
-    - `Single Qubit State Tomography`
-    - `AllXY`
-    - `Standard RB`

doc/source/tutorials/instrument.rst

@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ Currently, Qibolab support various instruments:
 as **controller**:
 
 * Quantum Machines
-* QBlox
 * Zurich instruments
-* Xilinx RFSoCs
 
 and as **local oscillators**:
 
@@ -18,7 +16,7 @@ If you need to add a new driver, to support a new instruments in your setup, we
 In this section, anyway, a basic example will be given.
 
 For clarity, we divide the instruments in two different groups: the **controllers** and the standard **instruments**, where the controller is an instrument that can execute pulse sequences.
-For example, a local oscillator is just an instrument, while QBlox is a controller.
+For example, a local oscillator is just an instrument, while Quantum Machines is a controller.
 
 Add an instrument
 -----------------
@@ -105,10 +103,6 @@ The additional methods required are:
 * ``play_sequences()``
 * ``sweep()``
 
-The simplest real example is the RFSoCs driver in
-:class:`qibolab.instruments.rfsoc.driver.RFSoC`, but still the code is much more
-complex than the local oscillator ones.
-
 Let's see a minimal example:
 
 .. code-block::  python