Hybrid quantum circuit assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9369133-B2
Application number	US-201414290457-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 29, 2014
Priority date	May 29, 2014
Publication date	Jun 14, 2016
Grant date	Jun 14, 2016

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for a hybrid qubit circuit assembly is provided. A first plural set of Josephson junctions is arranged in series on a first path between two nodes of a circuit. A second plural set of Josephson junctions is arranged in parallel with one another to form a direct current superconducting quantum interference device (DC SQUID). The DC SQUID is in parallel with the first plural set of Josephson junctions. A capacitor is in parallel with each of the first plural set of Josephson junctions and the DC SQUID.

First claim

Having described the invention, we claim:

1. A hybrid qubit circuit assembly comprising:
a first plural set of Josephson junctions arranged in series on a first path between two nodes of a circuit; and
a second plural set of Josephson junctions arranged in parallel with one another to form a direct current superconducting quantum interference device (DC SQUID), the DC SQUID being in parallel with the first plural set of Josephson junctions;
wherein the hybrid qubit circuit assembly is responsive to a flux provided to the DC SQUID as to transition between a first operating regime, in which the hybrid qubit circuit assembly behaves as a flux qubit, and a second operating regime, in which the hybrid qubit circuit assembly behaves as a Transmon qubit.

2. The hybrid qubit circuit assembly of claim 1 , the DC SQUID comprising at least one inductor, such that a bias current within the DC SQUID can be provided inductively in response to a flux provided from an associated control circuit, such that a critical current of the DC SQUID is a function of the provided flux.

3. The hybrid qubit circuit assembly of claim 2 , wherein the qubit circuit assembly is configured to operate as a flux qubit when the critical current of the DC SQUID is above a threshold value and to operate as a Transmon qubit when the critical current of the DC SQUID is below a threshold value, such that the operation of the qubit circuit assembly is selectable via the control circuit associated with the DC SQUID.

4. The hybrid qubit circuit assembly of claim 3 , wherein the threshold value for the critical current is a function of the critical currents of the first plural set of Josephson junctions.

5. The hybrid qubit circuit assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a capacitor implemented in parallel with each of the first plural set of Josephson junctions and the DC SQUID.

6. A system comprising:
the hybrid qubit circuit assembly of claim 5 ; and
a classical control configured to provide the flux to the DC SQUID.

7. The system of claim 6 , further comprising a transmission line resonator coupled to the hybrid quantum circuit assembly.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the classical control comprises an RQL driver providing current to current loop inductively coupled to the DC SQUID.

9. The system of claim 6 , wherein the classical control is a first classical control and the flux is a first flux, the system further comprising a second classical control configured to provide a second flux to the hybrid qubit circuit assembly.

10. The system of claim 9 , further comprising a system control operatively connected to each of the first classical control and the second classical control, the system control being operative to control respective magnitudes of the first flux and the second flux.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the system control is configured to adiabatically transition the hybrid qubit from a Transmon regime to a flux regime via the first control flux, rapidly transition the second control flux at a sweep rate through a hybridization gap associated with the flux regime and adiabatically transition the hybrid qubit from a Transmon regime to a flux regime via a first control flux.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the system control is configured to transition the magnitude of the second flux from a starting value associated with a symmetry point to a first value on a first side of the symmetry point, adiabatically transition the magnitude of the first flux from a second value, associated with the Transmon regime to a third value associated with the flux regime, rapidly transition the magnitude of the second flux from the first value to a fourth value on a second side of the symmetry point, adiabatically transition the magnitude of the first flux back to the second value, and transition the magnitude of the second flux back to the starting value.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the system control is configured to select the hybridization gap according to a desired population of a plurality of energy states in the Transmon regime, the population of each energy states being a function of a ratio of the sweep rate to an energy of the hybridization gap.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the system control is configured to rapidly transition the hybrid qubit from a Transmon regime to a flux regime, maintain the hybrid in the flux regime for a time period having a duration that is a function of a desired magnitude of the rotation, and rapidly transitioning the hybrid qubit from the flux regime back to the Transmon regime.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the system control is configured to transition the magnitude of the second flux from a starting value associated with a symmetry point to a first value associated with an axis of rotation for a qubit location, rapidly transition the magnitude of the first flux from a second value, associated with the Transmon regime to a third value associated with the flux regime, maintain the magnitude of the first flux at the third value for a for a time period having a duration that is a function of a desired magnitude of the rotation, rapidly transition the magnitude of the first flux back to the second value, and transition the magnitude of the second flux back to the starting value.

16. The system of claim 14 , wherein the system control is configured to select at least one desired value of the first classical control and at least one desired value of the second classical control according to at least one desired axis of rotation for a single qubit rotation.

17. A method for preparing a hybrid qubit circuit assembly in an arbitrary state, the method comprising:
adiabatically transitioning the hybrid qubit from a Transmon regime to a flux regime via a first control flux;
rapidly transitioning a second control flux at a sweep rate through a hybridization gap associated with the flux regime; and
adiabatically transitioning the hybrid qubit from the flux regime to the Transmon regime via the first control flux.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising selecting the hybridization gap according to a desired population of a plurality of energy states in the Transmon regime.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein rapidly transitioning the hybrid qubit from a Transmon regime to a flux regime via the first classical control comprises transitioning the first classical control to a desired value, the method further comprising selecting the desired value according to a desired energy of the hybridization gap.

20. A method for performing a single qubit rotation with a hybrid qubit circuit assembly, the method comprising:
rapidly transitioning the hybrid qubit from a Transmon regime to a flux regime via a classical control, such that the Hamiltonian, H, of the hybrid qubit changes to H =ε(Φ α )σ Z +Δ(Φ Δ )σ X , where ε(Φ α ) is the level spacing in the Transmon regime, 94 x and σ Z are Pauli operators, and Δ(Φ Δ ) is a function of a control flux, Φ Δ , used to tune the asymmetry of the flux qubit, with eigenstates along a quantization axis that is tilted relative to a quantization axis of the Transmon;
maintaining the hybrid qubit in the flux regime for a time period having a duration that is a function of a desired magnitude of the rotation around the quantization axis; and
rapidly transitioning the hybrid qubit from the flux regime back to the Transmon regime via the classical control.

21. The method of claim 20 , wherein the classical control is a first classical control, the m

Assignees

• Naaman Ofer
• Przybysz Anthony Joseph
• Lewis Rupert M
• Sendelbach Steven L
• Northrop Grumman Systems Corp

Inventors

• Naaman Ofer
• Przybysz Anthony Joseph
• Lewis Rupert M
• Sendelbach Steven L

Classifications

• G06N10/20

  Models of quantum computing, e.g. quantum circuits or universal quantum computers · 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

• H03K19/1958 Primary

  Hybrid configuration, i.e. using electromagnetic coupling and injection of the control current · CPC title

• G06N99/002

  Physics · mapped topic

• B82Y10/00

  Nanotechnology for information processing, storage or transmission, e.g. quantum computing or single electron logic · CPC title