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I'd like to be able to apply $|0 \rangle \langle 0|$ to project a qubit to the state $|0 \rangle$ in the middle of qiskit circuit (see, for example, the attached circuit).

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I wonder if, in general, one can customize those orange boxes in some way and if that works in the real hardware.

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Reset to default
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I hope this is what you are looking for.

Within IBM hardware, there is a new option called "reset" that allows you to reset a certain qubit back to the state $|0\rangle$. For instance,

from qiskit import QuantumRegister, ClassicalRegister, QuantumCircuit
qreg_q = QuantumRegister(3, 'q')
creg_c = ClassicalRegister(3, 'c')
circuit = QuantumCircuit(qreg_q, creg_c)
circuit.x(qreg_q[0])
circuit.h(qreg_q[2])
circuit.cswap(qreg_q[2], qreg_q[0], qreg_q[1])
circuit.h(qreg_q[2])
circuit.reset(qreg_q[1])

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Within the circuit composer, you can find the reset method as well with the $|0\rangle$ symbol:

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    $\begingroup$ Yes, that's exactly what I'm looking for, thanks!. Is it possible to customize operators in the middle of the circuits? what about if instead I want to get $| 1 \rangle$ ? $\endgroup$
    – danuzco
    Feb 5, 2021 at 22:06
  • $\begingroup$ I believe you can only reset it to the state $|0\rangle$. To get $|1\rangle$ you would have to apply the $X$ gate after the reset. $\endgroup$
    – KAJ226
    Feb 5, 2021 at 22:07
  • $\begingroup$ Oh, you're right, applying $X$. Thanks again. $\endgroup$
    – danuzco
    Feb 5, 2021 at 22:10
  • $\begingroup$ No problem!!! :) $\endgroup$
    – KAJ226
    Feb 5, 2021 at 22:11

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