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---
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title: aer
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description: API reference for qiskit.providers.aer
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in_page_toc_min_heading_level: 2
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python_api_type: module
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python_api_name: qiskit.providers.aer
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---
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<span id="module-qiskit.providers.aer" />
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# Aer Provider
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<span id="module-qiskit.providers.aer" />
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`qiskit.providers.aer`
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## Simulator Provider
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| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------- |
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| [`AerProvider`](qiskit.providers.aer.AerProvider "qiskit.providers.aer.AerProvider")() | Provider for Qiskit Aer backends. |
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## Simulator Backends
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| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------- |
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| [`AerSimulator`](qiskit.providers.aer.AerSimulator "qiskit.providers.aer.AerSimulator")(\[configuration, properties, …]) | Noisy quantum circuit simulator backend. |
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| [`PulseSimulator`](qiskit.providers.aer.PulseSimulator "qiskit.providers.aer.PulseSimulator")(\[configuration, properties, …]) | Pulse schedule simulator backend. |
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## Legacy Simulator Backends
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| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------- |
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| [`QasmSimulator`](qiskit.providers.aer.QasmSimulator "qiskit.providers.aer.QasmSimulator")(\[configuration, properties, …]) | Noisy quantum circuit simulator backend. |
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| [`StatevectorSimulator`](qiskit.providers.aer.StatevectorSimulator "qiskit.providers.aer.StatevectorSimulator")(\[configuration, …]) | Ideal quantum circuit statevector simulator |
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| [`UnitarySimulator`](qiskit.providers.aer.UnitarySimulator "qiskit.providers.aer.UnitarySimulator")(\[configuration, …]) | Ideal quantum circuit unitary simulator. |
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## Exceptions
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| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- |
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| [`AerError`](qiskit.providers.aer.AerError "qiskit.providers.aer.AerError")(\*message) | Base class for errors raised by simulators. |
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