Performing a calibration process in a quantum computing system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10282675-B2
Application number	US-201815916367-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 9, 2018
Priority date	Mar 10, 2017
Publication date	May 7, 2019
Grant date	May 7, 2019

Abstract

In a general aspect, calibration is performed in a quantum computing system. In some cases, domains of a quantum computing system are identified, where the domains include respective domain control subsystems and respective subsets of quantum circuit devices in a quantum processor of the quantum computing system. Sets of measurements are obtained from one of the domains and stored in memory. Device characteristics of the quantum circuit devices of the domain are obtained based on the set of measurements, and the device characteristics are stored in a memory of the control system. Quantum logic control parameters for the subset of quantum circuit devices of the domain are obtained based on the set of measurements and stored in memory.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
identifying domains of a quantum computing system by operation of a control system, the domains comprising respective domain control subsystems and respective subsets of quantum circuit devices in a quantum processor of the quantum computing system;
obtaining, by operation of at least one or more radio frequency or microwave signal generators or receivers of the control system, a first set of measurements from a first domain of the domains;
storing the first set of measurements in a memory of the control system;
determining, by operation of the control system, device characteristics of the subset of quantum circuit devices of the first domain based on the first set of measurements;
storing the device characteristics in the memory of the control system;
determining to obtain a second set of measurements from the first domain based on the device characteristics;
obtaining, by operation of at least one or more radio frequency or microwave signal generators or receivers of the control system, the second set of measurements from the first domain;
storing the second set of measurements in the memory of the control system;
determining, by operation of the control system, quantum logic control parameters for the subset of quantum circuit devices of the first domain based on the second set of measurements; and
storing the quantum logic control parameters in a database of the control system for use in operating the first domain.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the domains are defined in part by hardware, control logic, physical connections, or software in the quantum computing system.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the quantum circuit devices of the first domain include qubit devices and readout devices.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the control system comprises a controller, the controller including a cache, signal conversion circuitry, a filter, and an amplifier.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the control system comprises an embedded operating system configured to communicate with the database and the controller.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the device characteristics comprise resonance frequencies and coherence times for qubit devices in the first domain.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the quantum logic control parameters comprise read-out pulse parameters or quantum logic gate pulse parameters for qubit devices in the first domain.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises repeating the first set of measurements or the second set of measurements based on a success or a failure of a calibration of the first domain of the quantum computing system.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the quantum logic control parameters comprise a parameter for a flux pulse configured to implement a controlled-phase interaction.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the domain comprises at least one flux-tunable qubit device and obtaining the first set of measurements comprises performing a measurement sequence within a loop over multiple flux bias values for the flux-tunable qubit device.

11. A quantum computing system comprising:
a quantum processor comprising quantum circuit devices; and
a control system configured to perform operations comprising:
identifying domains of the quantum computing system, the domains comprising respective domain control subsystems and respective subsets of the quantum circuit devices;
obtaining, by operation of at least one or more radio frequency or microwave signal generators or receivers of the control system, a first set of measurements from a first domain of the domains;
storing the first set of measurements in a memory of the control system;
determining device characteristics of the subset of quantum circuit devices of the first domain based on the first set of measurements;
storing the device characteristics in the memory of the control system;
determining to obtain a second set of measurements from the first domain based on the device characteristics;
obtaining, by operation of at least one or more radio frequency or microwave signal generators or receivers of the control system, the second set of measurements from the first domain;
storing the second set of measurements in the memory of the control system;
determining quantum logic control parameters for the subset of quantum circuit devices of the first domain based on the second set of measurements; and
storing the quantum logic control parameters in a database of the control system for use in operating the first domain.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the domains are defined in part by hardware, control logic, physical connections, or software in the quantum computing system.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the quantum circuit devices of the first domain include qubit devices and readout devices.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control system comprises a controller, the controller including a cache, signal conversion circuitry, a filter, and an amplifier.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the control system comprises an embedded operating system configured to communicate with the database and the controller.

16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the device characteristics comprise resonance frequencies and coherence times for qubit devices in the first domain.

17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the quantum logic control parameters comprise read-out pulse parameters or quantum logic gate pulse parameters for qubit devices in the first domain.

18. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control system is configured to repeat the first set of measurements or the second set of measurements based on a success or a failure of a calibration of the first domain of the quantum computing system.

19. The system of claim 11 , wherein the quantum logic control parameters comprise a parameter for a flux pulse configured to implement a controlled-phase interaction.

20. The system of claim 11 , wherein the domain comprises at least one flux-tunable qubit device and obtaining the first set of measurements comprises performing a measurement sequence within a loop over multiple flux bias values for the flux-tunable qubit device.

Assignees

• Rigetti & Co Inc

Inventors

• Bloom Benjamin Jacob
• Caldwell Shane Arthur
• Curtis Michael James
• Reagor Matthew J
• Rigetti Chad Tyler
• Sete Eyob A
• Zeng William J
• Karalekas Peter Jonathan
• Tezak Nikolas Anton
• Alidoust Nasser

Classifications

• H03K19/195

  using superconductive devices · CPC title

• G06N99/002 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06N10/00

  Quantum computing, i.e. information processing based on quantum-mechanical phenomena · CPC title

• G06N10/40

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

• G06N10/70 Primary

  Quantum error correction, detection or prevention, e.g. surface codes or magic state distillation · CPC title