Quantum limited josephson amplifier with spatial separation between spectrally degenerate signal and idler modes

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10141928-B2
Application number	US-201715581770-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 28, 2017
Priority date	Sep 28, 2016
Publication date	Nov 27, 2018
Grant date	Nov 27, 2018

Abstract

A technique relates to a quantum-limited microwave amplifier. A Josephson ring modulator (JRM) is connected to a first lumped-element resonator. The first lumped-element resonator includes one or more first lumped elements. A second lumped-element resonator is connected to the JRM, and the second lumped-element resonator includes one or more second lumped elements. The JRM, the first lumped-element resonator, and the second-lumped element resonator form a Josephson parametric converter (JPC). The one or more first lumped elements and the one or more second lumped elements have a value that is the same, thereby configuring the JPC to be spectrally degenerate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for remotely entangling qubits via measurement, the system comprising:
a Josephson parametric converter (JPC);
a first qubit-resonator system connected to the JPC, the first qubit-resonator system including a first qubit coupled to a first readout resonator; and
a second qubit-resonator system connected to the JPC, the second qubit-resonator system including a second qubit coupled to a second readout resonator, wherein the JPC is configured to remotely entangle the first qubit and the second qubit by reading out both the first and the second readout resonators at a frequency X.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the JPC is configured to transmit a first readout signal at the frequency X to the first readout resonator in the first qubit-resonator system.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the JPC is configured to transmit a second readout signal at the frequency X to the second readout resonator in the second qubit-resonator system.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein photons of the first and the second readout signals are entangled at the frequency X by the JPC, thereby entangling the first qubit and the second qubit.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the frequency X is a same value for both the first and the second readout signals.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the first and the second readout resonators are each configured with a resonance frequency equal to the frequency X.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the JPC includes a Josephson ring modulator (JRM).

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the JPC includes a first lumped-element resonator connected to the JRM, the first lumped-element resonator including one or more first lumped elements.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the JPC includes a second lumped-element resonator connected to the JRM, the second lumped-element resonator including one or more second lumped elements.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the one or more first lumped elements and the one or more second lumped elements have a value that is a same, thereby configuring the JPC to be spectrally degenerate.

11. A method of configuring a system for remotely entangling qubits via measurement, the method comprising:
providing a Josephson parametric converter (JPC);
providing a first qubit-resonator system connected to the JPC, the first qubit-resonator system including a first qubit connected to a first readout resonator; and
providing a second qubit-resonator system connected to the JPC, the second qubit-resonator system including a second qubit connected to a second readout resonator, wherein the JPC is configured to remotely entangle the first qubit and the second qubit by reading out both the first and the second readout resonators at a frequency X.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the JPC is configured to transmit a first readout signal at the frequency X to the first readout resonator in the first qubit-resonator system.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the JPC is configured to transmit a second readout signal at the frequency X to the second readout resonator in the second qubit-resonator system.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein photons of the first and the second readout signals are entangled at the frequency X by the JPC, thereby entangling the first qubit and the second qubit.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the frequency X is a same value for both the first and the second readout signals.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the first and the second readout resonators are each configured with a resonance frequency equal to the frequency X.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the JPC includes a Josephson ring modulator (JRM).

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the JPC includes a first lumped-element resonator connected to the JRM, the first lumped-element resonator including one or more first lumped elements.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the JPC includes a second lumped-element resonator connected to the JRM, the second lumped-element resonator including one or more second lumped elements.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the one or more first lumped elements and the one or more second lumped elements have a value that is a same, thereby configuring the JPC to be spectrally degenerate.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Abdo Baleegh

Classifications

• H03K3/38

  by the use, as active elements, of superconductive devices · CPC title

• H03F19/00

  Amplifiers using superconductivity effects · CPC title

• H03K17/92 Primary

  by the use, as active elements, of superconductive devices · CPC title

• G06N20/00

  Machine learning · CPC title

• H03F7/04

  using variable-capacitance element; using variable-permittivity element · CPC title