pasqal-io/Pulser: Release v0.18.0

Abstract

<h2>New features</h2> <ul> <li>Enable digital simulation (#652)</li> <li>Enabling definition of multiple noise channels and noise channels in XY (#647)</li> <li>Improve access to output modulation durations (#663)</li> <li>Adding relaxation noise channel (#675)</li> <li>Centralize all backend imports from a single <code>pulser.backends</code> module (#678)</li> <li>Add hyperfine dephasing rate to <code>NoiseModel</code> (#680)</li> <li>Add optional default noise models to devices (#676)</li> <li>Rectangular lattice register and layout (#665)</li> </ul> <h2>Removals</h2> <ul> <li>Remove <code>Register.rotate()</code> (#642)</li> <li>Remove deprecated noise arguments (#674)</li> </ul> <h2>Fixes</h2> <ul> <li>Redefine slope of RampWaveform (#644)</li> </ul> <h2>Changelog</h2> <p>ddc6682 Bump version to v0.18.0 227b859 Sync 'master' and 'develop' c695373 Rectangular lattice register and layout (#665) d83c876 Add missing QPU validation fields to the Device class (#682) 4981ca6 Add optional default noise models to devices (#676) 831ca04 Update pasqal-cloud to ~=0.8.1 (#681) 96a8c34 Add hyperfine dephasing rate to NoiseModel (#680) 716b86b Centralize all backend imports from a single <code>pulser.backends</code> module (#678) 34b41b4 Fix CI tests on "macos" for python < 3.10 (#677) f303138 Adding relaxation noise channel (#675) 188d21d Remove deprecated noise arguments (#674) 7df66e3 Block add() on DMM channels (#672) 0f6e3dd Improve access to output modulation durations (#663) 2ddd789 Merge pull request #670 from pasqal-io/v0.18dev4 6eb736d [HOTFIX] Restrict SciPy to < 1.13 due to breaking Qutip (#668) 71b8e03 Define max_step from minimum variations of samples, nsteps (#666) 85615c5 Upgrade black version to 24.3.0 to fix vulnerability (#662) c8dcef0 Merge pull request #657 from pasqal-io/bump_v0.18dev3 ebed93a Merge v0.17.3 into develop cadd576 Bump version to v0.18dev2 153b7cf Bring in changes from v0.17.2 bcb78cc Enable digital simulation (#652) c2d5b6c Enabling definition of multiple noise channels and noise channels in XY (#647) 61d75f0 Merge pull request #650 from pasqal-io/release_v0.17.1 6a19445 Release v0.17.1 20e6765 FIX: Redefine slope of RampWaveform (#644) 7b7918b Update Github Actions (#641) 21a47f3 Remove <code>Register.rotate()</code> (#642) d9125bc Bump version to 0.18dev0</p> <h2>Contributors</h2> <p>A special shoutout goes to the contributors to this release:</p> <ul> <li>Aleksander Wennersteen</li> <li>Antoine Cornillot</li> <li>Henrique Silvério</li> <li>Soufiane Kaghad</li> </ul> <p>A huge thank you to all Pulser contributors, both to this and past versions.</p&gt