Mitigating crosstalk errors for simultaneous single-qubit gates on a superconducting quantum processor

  1. Jaap J. Wesdorp,
  2. Eric Hyyppä,
  3. Joona Andersson,
  4. Janos Adam,
  5. Rohit Beriwal,
  6. Ville Bergholm,
  7. Saga Dahl,
  8. Simone Diego Fasciati,
  9. Alejandro Gomez Friero,
  10. Zheming Gao,
  11. Daria Gusenkova,
  12. Andrew Guthrie,
  13. Johannes Heinsoo,
  14. Tuukka Hiltunen,
  15. Keiran Holland,
  16. Amin Hosseinkhani,
  17. Sinan Inel,
  18. Joni Ikonen,
  19. Shan W. Jolin,
  20. Kristinn Juliusson,
  21. Seung-Goo Kim,
  22. Anton Komlev,
  23. Roope Kokkoniemi,
  24. Otto Koskinen,
  25. Joonas Kylmälä,
  26. Alessandro Landra,
  27. Julia Lamprich,
  28. Magdalena Lehmuskoski,
  29. Nizar Lethif,
  30. Per Liebermann,
  31. Tianyi Li,
  32. Aleksi Lintunen,
  33. Fabian Marxer,
  34. Kunal Mitra,
  35. Jakub Mrożek,
  36. Lucas Ortega,
  37. Miha Papič,
  38. Matti Partanen,
  39. Alexander Plyushch,
  40. Stefan Pogorzalek,
  41. Michael Renger,
  42. Jussi Ritvas,
  43. Sampo Saarinen,
  44. Indrajeet Sagar,
  45. Matthew Sarsby,
  46. Mykhailo Savytskyi,
  47. Ville Selinmaa,
  48. Ivan Takmakov,
  49. Brian Tarasinski,
  50. Francesca Tosto,
  51. David Vasey,
  52. Panu Vesanen,
  53. Jeroen Verjauw,
  54. Alpo Välimaa,
  55. Nicola Wurz,
  56. Hsiang-Sheng Ku,
  57. Frank Deppe,
  58. Juha Hassel,
  59. Caspar Ockeloen-Korppi,
  60. Wei Liu,
  61. Jani Tuorila,
  62. Chun Fai Chan,
  63. Attila Geresdi,
  64. and Antti Vepsäläinen
Single-qubit gates on superconducting quantum processors are typically implemented using microwave pulses applied through dedicated control lines. However, these microwave pulses may
also drive other qubits due to crosstalk arising from capacitive coupling and wavefunction overlap in systems with closely spaced transition frequencies. Crosstalk and frequency crowding increase errors during simultaneous single-qubit operations relative to isolated gates, thus forming a major bottleneck for scaling superconducting quantum processors. In this work, we combine model-based qubit frequency optimization with pulse shaping to demonstrate crosstalk error mitigation in single-qubit gates on a 49-qubit superconducting quantum processor. We introduce and experimentally verify an analytical model of simultaneous single-qubit gate error caused by microwave crosstalk that depends on a given pulse shape. By employing a model-based optimization strategy of qubit frequencies, we minimize the crosstalk-induced error across the processor and achieve a mean simultaneous single-qubit gate fidelity of 99.96% for a 16-ns gate duration, approaching the mean individual gate fidelity. To further reduce the simultaneous error and required qubit frequency bandwidth on high-crosstalk qubit pairs, we introduce a crosstalk transition suppression (CTS) pulse shaping technique that minimizes the spectral energy around transitions inducing leakage and crosstalk errors. Finally, we combine CTS with model-based frequency optimization across the device and experimentally show a systematic reduction in the required qubit frequency bandwidth for high-fidelity simultaneous gates, supported by simulations of systems with up to 1000 qubits. By alleviating constraints on qubit frequency bandwidth for parallel single-qubit operations, this work represents an important step for scaling towards larger quantum processors.

Long-distance transmon coupler with CZ gate fidelity above 99.8%

  1. Fabian Marxer,
  2. Antti Vepsäläinen,
  3. Shan W. Jolin,
  4. Jani Tuorila,
  5. Alessandro Landra,
  6. Caspar Ockeloen-Korppi,
  7. Wei Liu,
  8. Olli Ahonen,
  9. Adrian Auer,
  10. Lucien Belzane,
  11. Ville Bergholm,
  12. Chun Fai Chan,
  13. Kok Wai Chan,
  14. Tuukka Hiltunen,
  15. Juho Hotari,
  16. Eric Hyyppä,
  17. Joni Ikonen,
  18. David Janzso,
  19. Miikka Koistinen,
  20. Janne Kotilahti,
  21. Tianyi Li,
  22. Jyrgen Luus,
  23. Miha Papic,
  24. Matti Partanen,
  25. Jukka Räbinä,
  26. Jari Rosti,
  27. Mykhailo Savytskyi,
  28. Marko Seppälä,
  29. Vasilii Sevriuk,
  30. Eelis Takala,
  31. Brian Tarasinski,
  32. Manish J. Thapa,
  33. Francesca Tosto,
  34. Natalia Vorobeva,
  35. Liuqi Yu,
  36. Kuan Yen Tan,
  37. Juha Hassel,
  38. Mikko Möttönen,
  39. and Johannes Heinsoo
Tunable coupling of superconducting qubits has been widely studied due to its importance for isolated gate operations in scalable quantum processor architectures. Here, we demonstrate
a tunable qubit-qubit coupler based on a floating transmon device which allows us to place qubits at least 2 mm apart from each other while maintaining over 50 MHz coupling between the coupler and the qubits. In the introduced tunable-coupler design, both the qubit-qubit and the qubit-coupler couplings are mediated by two waveguides instead of relying on direct capacitive couplings between the components, reducing the impact of the qubit-qubit distance on the couplings. This leaves space for each qubit to have an individual readout resonator and a Purcell filter needed for fast high-fidelity readout. In addition, the large qubit-qubit distance reduces unwanted non-nearest neighbor coupling and allows multiple control lines to cross over the structure with minimal crosstalk. Using the proposed flexible and scalable architecture, we demonstrate a controlled-Z gate with (99.81±0.02)% fidelity.

Multipartite entanglement in a microwave frequency comb

  1. Shan W. Jolin,
  2. Gustav Andersson,
  3. J. C. Rivera Hernández,
  4. Ingrid Strandberg,
  5. Fernando Quijandría,
  6. Joe Aumentado,
  7. Riccardo Borgani,
  8. Mats O. Tholén,
  9. and David B. Haviland
Significant progress has been made with multipartite entanglement of discrete qubits, but continuous variable systems may provide a more scalable path toward entanglement of large ensembles.
We demonstrate multipartite entanglement in a microwave frequency comb generated by a Josephson parametric amplifier subject to a bichromatic pump. We find 64 correlated modes in the transmission line using a multifrequency digital signal processing platform. Full inseparability is verified in a subset of seven modes. Our method can be expanded to generate even more entangled modes in the near future.