PR type: enhancement

Related issue(s)/PRs:
Resolves #1703

Summary

Proposed changes
Work in progress...

What alternatives have you considered?

Minimal working example

# Put your example code in here

Release notes

Fully backwards compatible: yes / no

If not, why is it worth breaking backwards compatibility:

PR checklist

• New features: code is well-documented
  • detailed docstrings (API documentation)
  • notebook examples (usage demonstration)
• The bug case / new feature is covered by unit tests
• Code has type annotations
• Build checks
  • I ran the black+isort formatter (make format)
  • I locally tested that the tests pass (make check-all)
• Release management
  • RELEASE.md updated with entry for this change
  • New contributors: I've added myself to CONTRIBUTORS.md