All microwave ZZ control

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11223347-B1
Application number	US-202017110557-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Dec 3, 2020
Priority date	Dec 3, 2020
Publication date	Jan 11, 2022
Grant date	Jan 11, 2022

Abstract

Techniques facilitating dynamic control of ZZ interactions for quantum computing devices. In one example, a quantum coupling device can comprise a biasing component that is operatively coupled to first and second qubits via respective first and second drive lines. The biasing component can facilitate dynamic control of ZZ interactions between the first and second qubits using off-resonant microwave signals applied via the respective first and second drive lines.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A quantum coupling device, comprising:
a biasing component that is operatively coupled to first and second qubits via respective first and second drive lines, wherein the biasing component facilitates dynamic control of ZZ interactions between the first and second qubits using off-resonant microwave signals applied via the respective first and second drive lines.

2. The quantum coupling device of claim 1 , wherein the biasing component facilitates dynamic control of ZZ interactions between the first and second qubits by dynamically adjusting a relative phase difference between the off-resonant microwave signals.

3. The quantum coupling device of claim 1 , wherein a common source generates the off-resonant microwave signals.

4. The quantum coupling device of claim 1 , wherein the off-resonant microwave signals comprise a frequency value defined by respective resonant frequencies of the first and second qubits.

5. The quantum coupling device of claim 1 , wherein the off-resonant microwave signals comprise a constant power value.

6. The quantum coupling device of claim 1 , wherein single qubit Z errors are corrected by echoes or frame changes.

7. The quantum coupling device of claim 1 , further comprising a third qubit operatively coupled to the biasing component via a third drive line, wherein the biasing component induces a ZZ interaction between the first and third qubits by adjusting a relative phase difference between the off-resonant microwave signals applied via the respective first and third drive lines.

8. The quantum coupling device of claim 1 , further comprising a third qubit operatively coupled to the biasing component via a third drive line, wherein the biasing component suppresses ZZ interactions between the third qubit and the first qubit by maintaining phase differences between the off-resonant microwave signals applied via the respective third and first drive lines.

9. The quantum coupling device of claim 1 , wherein the biasing component controls ZZ interactions between the first and second qubits by dynamically adjusting an amplitude of at least one of the off-resonant microwave signals.

10. The quantum coupling device of claim 1 , wherein qubit stark shifts are cancelled by echoes or frame changes for ZZ gate operation.

11. A computer-implemented method comprising:
operatively coupling, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, a biasing component to first and second qubits via respective first and second drive lines; and
using, by the system, the biasing component to dynamically control ZZ interactions between the first and second qubits with off-resonant microwave signals applied via the respective first and second drive lines.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , wherein using the biasing component to dynamically control ZZ interactions between the first and second qubits comprises:
dynamically adjusting, by the system, a relative phase difference between the off-resonant microwave signals.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , wherein a common source generates the off-resonant microwave signals.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , wherein the off-resonant microwave signals comprise a frequency value defined by respective resonant frequencies of the first and second qubits.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , wherein the off-resonant microwave signals comprise a constant power value.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , further comprising:
operatively coupling, by the system, a third qubit to the biasing component via a third drive line; and
inducing, by the system, a ZZ interaction between the first and third qubits with the biasing component by adjusting a relative phase difference between the off-resonant microwave signals applied via the respective first and third drive lines.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , further comprising:
operatively coupling, by the system, a third qubit to the biasing component via a third drive line; and
suppressing, by the system, ZZ interactions between the third and first qubits with the biasing component by maintaining phase differences between the off-resonant microwave signals applied via the respective third and first drive lines.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , wherein using the biasing component to facilitate dynamic control of ZZ interactions between the first and second qubits comprises:
dynamically adjusting, by the system, an amplitude of at least one of the off-resonant microwave signals.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , wherein the first and second qubits comprise a lattice of qubits that includes a third qubit, and wherein using the biasing component to facilitate dynamic control of ZZ interactions between the first and second qubits comprises:
sequentially applying pairwise ZZ interactions between select qubit pairs within the lattice to perform quantum algorithms.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , wherein the first and second qubits comprise a lattice of qubits that includes a third qubit, and wherein using the biasing component to facilitate dynamic control of ZZ interactions between the first and second qubits comprises:
applying pairwise ZZ interactions between select qubit pairs within the lattice to perform adiabatic quantum computing.

21. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , further comprising:
operatively coupling, by the system, a third qubit to the biasing component via a third drive line;
dynamically adjusting a first off-resonant microwave signal applied via the first and third drive lines to a first amplitude corresponding to a high ZZ coupling point; and
applying a second off-resonant microwave signal applied via the first and second drive lines at a second amplitude corresponding to a low ZZ coupling point, wherein the off-resonant microwave signals comprise the first and second off-resonant microwave signals, and wherein the first off-resonant microwave signal comprises a first frequency and the second off-resonant microwave signal comprises a second frequency that is distinct from the first frequency.

22. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to:
operatively couple a biasing component to first and second qubits via respective first and second drive lines; and
use the biasing component to facilitate dynamic control of ZZ interactions between the first and second qubits with off-resonant microwave signals applied via the respective first and second drive lines.

23. The computer program product of claim 22 , wherein the program instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the processor to:
use the biasing component to facilitate dynamic control of ZZ interactions between the first and second qubits by dynamically adjusting a relative phase difference between the off-resonant microwave signals or by adjusting an amplitude of at least one of the off-resonant microwave signals.

24. The computer program product of claim 22 , wherein the program instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the processor to:
use the biasing component to facilitate dynamic control of ZZ interactions between the first and second qubits by dynamically adjusting an amplitude of, at least, one of the off-res

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Mckay David C
• Kandala Abhinav
• Dial Oliver
• Steffen Matthias
• Lauer Isaac

Classifications

• 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

• H03K5/01 Primary

  Shaping pulses (discrimination against noise or interference H03K5/125) · CPC title