Adding IsingXY operation

[rmoyard]

Context

We would like to define a new operation called IsingXY, as defined in the PennyLane-Braket plugin.

Steps to take

Adding the operation

• Adding the IsingXY class and its attributes to pennylane/ops/qubit/parametric_ops.py.
• Complete its docstring in a similar fashion as for other operations. Make sure the class is accessible through qml.IsingXY.
• Add its decomposition, matrix, eigenvalues, adjoint and generator.
• Make sure the operation works with parameters from all interfaces (autograd, torch, tensorflow and jax)

Adding devices support

• Add support for the operation in the default.qubit and default.mixed devices

Testing

• Add the matrix to pennylane/tests/gate_data.py
• Test the gate itself
• Test the gradients with multiple interfaces (autograd, torch, tensorflow and jax) with an analytical formula.

Notes

You can refer to the implementation and testings of IsingXX, IsingYY and IsingZZ.

As an example, here is the implementation and the testing of the decomposition for the IsingYY operation. The linked test file contains further test cases for IsingYY.

[RamAIbot]

Hi @rmoyard
Is this issue still open for unitary hack 2022?

[rmoyard]

Hi @RamAIbot, there is one PR #2649 close to merged I would not recommend working on it.