Systems and methods for removing unwanted interactions in quantum devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10002107-B2
Application number	US-201514643180-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 10, 2015
Priority date	Mar 12, 2014
Publication date	Jun 19, 2018
Grant date	Jun 19, 2018

Abstract

Systems, devices, articles, methods, and techniques for advancing quantum computing by removing unwanted interactions in one or more quantum processor. One approach includes creating an updated plurality of programmable parameters based at least in part on a received value for the characteristic magnetic susceptibility of the qubit in the at least one quantum processor, and returning the updated plurality of programmable parameters. Examples programmable parameters include local biases, and coupling values characterizing the problem Hamilton. Also, for example, a quantum processor may be summarized as including a first loop of superconducting material, a first compound Josephson junction interrupting the first loop of superconducting material, a first coupler inductively coupled to the first loop of superconducting material, a second coupler inductively coupled to the first loop of superconducting material, and a second loop of superconducting material proximally placed to the first loop of superconducting material inductively coupled to the first coupler and the second coupler.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system for use in quantum processing, comprising:
at least one non-transitory processor-readable medium that stores at least one of processor executable instructions or data; and
at least one processor communicatively coupled to the at least one non-transitory processor-readable medium, and which, in response to execution of the at least one of processor executable instructions or data:
receive a plurality of programmable parameters for at least one quantum processor, the programmable parameters which characterize a problem Hamilton;
receive a value for a characteristic mutual inductance of antiferromagnetic coupling for the at least one quantum processor
receive a value for a characteristic magnetic susceptibility of a qubit in the at least one quantum processor;
create an updated plurality of programmable parameters based at least in part on the received value for the characteristic magnetic susceptibility of the qubit in the at least one quantum processor; and
return the updated plurality of programmable parameters.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the plurality of programmable parameters for the at least one quantum processor comprises:
a plurality of local biases and a plurality of coupling values characterizing the problem Hamilton.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the plurality of programmable parameters for the at least quantum processor comprises:
a plurality of local biases; and
wherein the processor-executable instructions when executed further cause the at least one processor to:
construct a correction matrix;
solve a linear system including a first vector, corresponding to a plurality of local biases, equal to the correction matrix right multiplied by a second vector, corresponding to a plurality of updated local biases, for the second vector; and
return the plurality of updated local biases.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein:
the correction matrix is symmetric;
the correction matrix includes a plurality of diagonal entries and the diagonal entries are one; and
the correction matrix includes a plurality of off-diagonal entries and each off-diagonal entry corresponds to a respective coupling in the problem Hamiltonian and is a product of:
a respective coupling value of a plurality of coupling values,
the value for the characteristic mutual inductance of antiferromagnetic coupling, and
the value for the characteristic magnetic susceptibility of a qubit.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the plurality of programmable parameters for the at least quantum processor comprises:
a plurality of coupling values; and
wherein the processor-executable instructions when executed further cause the at least one processor to:
receive a mapping of a plurality of logical qubits defined on the at least quantum processor, wherein each logical qubit in the plurality of logical qubits includes a plurality of physical qubits, and a plurality of intra-logical qubit coupler;
update a coupling value for an extra-logical qubit coupler to a logical qubit in the plurality of logical qubits; and
return the updated coupling value for the extra-logical qubit coupler.

6. The system of claim 1 further comprising:
at least one quantum processor comprising:
a plurality of qubits;
a plurality of couplers, wherein each coupler provides controllable communicative coupling between a respective pair of the plurality of qubits;
a programming sub-system; and
an evolution sub-system.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein the processor-executable instructions when executed further cause the at least one processor to:
initialize the quantum processor, via the programming sub-system, to an initial state; and
cause, via the evolution sub-system, the quantum processor to evolve from the initial state toward a final state characterized by the problem Hamiltonian.

8. A computational method comprising:
receiving a plurality of programmable parameters for at least one quantum processor, the programmable parameters which characterize a problem Hamilton;
receiving a value for a characteristic mutual inductance of antiferromagnetic coupling for the at least one quantum processor
receiving a value for a characteristic magnetic susceptibility of a qubit in the at least one quantum processor;
creating an updated plurality of programmable parameters based at least in part on the received value for the characteristic magnetic susceptibility of the qubit in the at least one quantum processor; and
returning the updated plurality of programmable parameters.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the plurality of programmable parameters for the at least quantum processor comprises a plurality of local biases; and the method further comprising:
constructing a correction matrix;
solving a linear system where the linear system includes a first vector, corresponding to a plurality of local biases, equal to the correction matrix right multiplied by a second vector, corresponding to a plurality of updated local biases, for the second vector; and
returning the plurality of updated local biases.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein:
the correction matrix is symmetric;
the correction matrix includes a plurality of diagonal entries and the diagonal entries are one; and
the correction matrix includes a plurality of off-diagonal entries and each off-diagonal entry corresponds to a respective coupling in the problem Hamiltonian and is a product of:
a respective coupling value of a plurality of coupling values,
the value for the characteristic mutual inductance of antiferromagnetic coupling, and
the value for the characteristic magnetic susceptibility of a qubit.

11. The method of claim 8 wherein the plurality of programmable parameters for the at least quantum processor comprises a plurality of coupling values, and the method further comprising:
receiving a mapping of a plurality of logical qubits defined on the at least quantum processor, wherein each logical qubit in the plurality of logical qubits includes a plurality of physical qubits, and a plurality of intra-logical qubit coupler;
updating a coupling value for an extra-logical qubit coupler to a logical qubit in the plurality of logical qubits; and
returning the updated coupling value for the extra-logical qubit coupler.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising
forming the updated coupling value for the extra-logical qubit coupler from the coupling value minus a correction term, and
forming the correction term from a product, wherein the product includes:
the value for the characteristic mutual inductance of antiferromagnetic coupling,
the value for the characteristic magnetic susceptibility of a qubit, and
a sum over the product of the coupling value for the extra-logical qubit coupler, and a plurality of inter-logical qubit coupling values.

Assignees

• D Wave Systems Inc

Inventors

• Lanting Trevor Michael

Classifications

• G06F17/00 Primary

  Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions (information retrieval, database structures or file system structures therefor G06F16/00) · CPC title

• G06F15/82

  data or demand driven · CPC title

• G06N99/002

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06N10/40

  Physical realisations or architectures of quantum processors or components for manipulating qubits, e.g. qubit coupling or qubit control · CPC title

• G06N10/60 Primary

  Quantum algorithms, e.g. based on quantum optimisation, quantum Fourier or Hadamard transforms · CPC title