Super-Robust Nonadiabatic Holonomic Quantum Computation in coherence-protected Superconducting Circuits

  1. Yuan-Sheng Wang,
  2. Zhaofeng Su,
  3. Xiaosong Chen,
  4. and Man-Hong Yung
The schmeme of nonadiabatic holonomic quantum computation (NHQC) offers an error-resistant method for implementing quantum gates, capable of mitigating certain errors. However, the
conventional NHQC schemes often entail longer operations concerning standard gate operations, making them more vulnerable to the effects of quantum decoherence. In this research, we propose an implementation of the Super-Robust NHQC scheme within the Decoherence-Free Subspace (DFS). SR-NHQC has demonstrated robustness against Global Control Errors (GCEs). By utilizing capacitance-coupled transmon qubits within a DFS, our approach enables universal gate operations on a scalable two-dimensional square lattice of superconducting qubits. Numerical simulations demonstrate the practicality of SR-NHQC in DFS, showcasing its superiority in mitigating GCEs and decoherence effects compared to conventional NHQC schemes. Our work presents a promising strategy for advancing the reliability of quantum computation in real-world applications.

Experimental Realization of Two Qutrits Gate with Tunable Coupling in Superconducting Circuits

  1. Kai Luo,
  2. Wenhui Huang,
  3. Ziyu Tao,
  4. Libo Zhang,
  5. Yuxuan Zhou,
  6. Ji Chu,
  7. Wuxin Liu,
  8. Biying Wang,
  9. Jiangyu Cui,
  10. Song Liu,
  11. Fei Yan,
  12. Man-Hong Yung,
  13. Yuanzhen Chen,
  14. Tongxing Yan,
  15. and Dapeng Yu
Gate-based quantum computation has been extensively investigated using quantum circuits based on qubits. In many cases, such qubits are actually made out of multilevel systems but with
only two states being used for computational purpose. While such a strategy has the advantage of being in line with the common binary logic, it in some sense wastes the ready-for-use resources in the large Hilbert space of these intrinsic multi-dimensional systems. Quantum computation beyond qubits (e.g., using qutrits or qudits) has thus been discussed and argued to be more efficient than its qubit counterpart in certain scenarios. However, one of the essential elements for qutrit-based quantum computation, two-qutrit quantum gate, remains a major challenge. In this work, we propose and demonstrate a highly efficient and scalable two-qutrit quantum gate in superconducting quantum circuits. Using a tunable coupler to control the cross-Kerr coupling between two qutrits, our scheme realizes a two-qutrit conditional phase gate with fidelity 89.3% by combining simple pulses applied to the coupler with single-qutrit operations. We further use such a two-qutrit gate to prepare an EPR state of two qutrits with a fidelity of 95.5%. Our scheme takes advantage of a tunable qutrit-qutrit coupling with a large on/off ratio. It therefore offers both high efficiency and low cross talk between qutrits, thus being friendly for scaling up. Our work constitutes an important step towards scalable qutrit-based quantum computation.

Realization of Super-Robust Geometric Control in a Superconducting Circuit

  1. Sai Li,
  2. Bao-Jie Liu,
  3. Zhongchu Ni,
  4. Libo Zhang,
  5. Zheng-Yuan Xue,
  6. Jian Li,
  7. Fei Yan,
  8. Yuanzhen Chen,
  9. Song Liu,
  10. Man-Hong Yung,
  11. Yuan Xu,
  12. and Dapeng Yu
Geometric phases accompanying adiabatic quantum evolutions can be used to construct robust quantum control for quantum information processing due to their noise-resilient feature. A
significant development along this line is to construct geometric gates using nonadiabatic quantum evolutions to reduce errors due to decoherence. However, it has been shown that nonadiabatic geometric gates are not necessarily more robust than dynamical ones, in contrast to an intuitive expectation. Here we experimentally investigate this issue for the case of nonadiabatic holonomic quantum computation~(NHQC) and show that conventional NHQC schemes cannot guarantee the expected robustness due to a cross coupling to the states outside the computational space. We implement a new set of constraints for gate construction in order to suppress such cross coupling to achieve an enhanced robustness. Using a superconducting quantum circuit, we demonstrate high-fidelity holonomic gates whose infidelity against quasi-static transverse errors can be suppressed up to the fourth order, instead of the second order in conventional NHQC and dynamical gates. In addition, we explicitly measure the accumulated dynamical phase due to the above mentioned cross coupling and verify that it is indeed much reduced in our NHQC scheme. We further demonstrate a protocol for constructing two-qubit NHQC gates also with an enhanced robustness.

Experimental Realization of Universal Time-optimal non-Abelian Geometric Gates

  1. Zhikun Han,
  2. Yuqian Dong,
  3. Baojie Liu,
  4. Xiaopei Yang,
  5. Shuqing Song,
  6. Luqing Qiu,
  7. Danyu Li,
  8. Ji Chu,
  9. Wen Zheng,
  10. Jianwen Xu,
  11. Tianqi Huang,
  12. Zhimin Wang,
  13. Xiangmin Yu,
  14. Xinsheng Tan,
  15. Dong Lan,
  16. Man-Hong Yung,
  17. and Yang Yu
Based on the geometrical nature of quantum phases, non-adiabatic holonomic quantum control (NHQC) has become a standard technique for enhancing robustness in constructing quantum gates.
However, the conventional approach of NHQC is sensitive to control instability, as it requires the driving pulses to cover a fixed pulse area. Furthermore, even for small-angle rotations, all operations need to be completed with the same duration of time. Here we experimentally demonstrate a time-optimal and unconventional approach of NHQC (called TOUNHQC), which can optimize the operation time of any holonomic gate. Compared with the conventional approach, TOUNHQC provides an extra layer of robustness to decoherence and control errors. The experiment involves a scalable architecture of superconducting circuit, where we achieved a fidelity of 99.51% for a single qubit gate using interleaved randomized benchmarking. Moreover, a two-qubit holonomic control-phase gate has been implemented where the gate error can be reduced by as much as 18% compared with NHQC.

Spin wave based tunable switch between superconducting flux qubits

  1. Shaojie Yuan,
  2. Chuanpu Liu,
  3. Jilei Chen,
  4. Song Liu,
  5. Jin Lan,
  6. Haiming Yu,
  7. Jiansheng Wu,
  8. Fei Yan,
  9. Man-Hong Yung,
  10. Jiang Xiao,
  11. Liang Jiang,
  12. and Dapeng Yu
Quantum computing hardware has received world-wide attention and made considerable progress recently. YIG thin film have spin wave (magnon) modes with low dissipation and reliable control
for quantum information processing. However, the coherent coupling between a quantum device and YIG thin film has yet been demonstrated. Here, we propose a scheme to achieve strong coupling between superconducting flux qubits and magnon modes in YIG thin film. Unlike the direct Nāˆ’āˆ’āˆš enhancement factor in coupling to the Kittel mode or other spin ensembles, with N the total number of spins, an additional spatial dependent phase factor needs to be considered when the qubits are magnetically coupled with the magnon modes of finite wavelength. To avoid undesirable cancelation of coupling caused by the symmetrical boundary condition, a CoFeB thin layer is added to one side of the YIG thin film to break the symmetry. Our numerical simulation demonstrates avoided crossing and coherent transfer of quantum information between the flux qubits and the standing spin waves in YIG thin films. We show that the YIG thin film can be used as a tunable switch between two flux qubits, which have modified shape with small direct inductive coupling between them. Our results manifest that it is possible to couple flux qubits while suppressing undesirable cross-talk.