High fidelity and high efficiency qubit readout scheme

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9947856-B2
Application number	US-201715414940-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 25, 2017
Priority date	Sep 28, 2015
Publication date	Apr 17, 2018
Grant date	Apr 17, 2018

Abstract

A technique relates to a qubit readout system. A cavity-qubit system has a qubit and a readout resonator and outputs a readout signal. A lossless superconducting circulator is configured to receive the microwave readout signal from the cavity-qubit system and transmit the microwave readout signal according to a rotation. A quantum limited directional amplifier amplifies the readout signal. A directional coupler is connected to and biases the amplifier to set a working point. A microwave bandpass filter transmits in a microwave frequency band by passing the readout signal while blocking electromagnetic radiation outside of the microwave frequency band. A low-loss infrared filter has a distributed Bragg reflector integrated into a transmission line. The low-loss filter is configured to block infrared electromagnetic radiation while passing the microwave readout signal. The low-loss infrared filter is connected to the microwave bandpass filter to receive input of the microwave readout signal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A qubit readout system, the system comprising:
a qubit system configured to output a microwave readout signal; and
a low-loss filter having a distributed Bragg reflector, the low-loss filter being configured to block infrared electromagnetic radiation while passing the microwave readout signal, wherein the distributed Bragg reflector comprises a unit cell of at least two different dielectric layers, the unit cell repeats such that one unit cell is formed adjacent to a next unit cell continuously in the redistributed Bragg reflector.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the qubit system comprises a qubit and a readout resonator; and
wherein a center conductor is formed through the distributed Bragg reflector, the center conductor being continuous through a continuous repetition of the unit cell.

3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a lossless superconducting circulator configured to receive the microwave readout signal from the qubit system and transmit the microwave readout signal according to a rotation.

4. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a quantum limited directional amplifier configured to amplify the microwave readout signal.

5. The system of claim 4 , further comprising a directional coupler operatively connected to the quantum limited directional amplifier, the directional coupler configured to enable biasing of the quantum limited directional amplifier to set a working point.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the directional coupler is configured to enable sending a microwave tone to the quantum limited directional amplifier to set the working point for the quantum limited directional amplifier.

7. The system of claim 4 , wherein the quantum limited directional amplifier comprises one or more Josephson parametric converters.

8. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a microwave bandpass filter configured to transmit in a microwave frequency band, the microwave bandpass filter configured to pass the microwave readout signal while blocking electromagnetic radiation outside of the microwave frequency band.

9. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a high electron mobility transistor amplifier, the high electron mobility transistor amplifier operatively connected to the low-loss filter to receive input of the microwave readout signal with the infrared electromagnetic radiation filtered out.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein a repetition of the one unit cell adjacent to the next unit cell is continuous throughout the distributed Bragg reflector without interruption.

11. A method of configuring a qubit readout system, the method comprising:
configuring a qubit system to output a microwave readout signal; and
configuring a low-loss filter having a distributed Bragg reflector to connect to the qubit system, the low-loss filter being configured to block infrared electromagnetic radiation while passing the microwave readout signal, wherein the distributed Bragg reflector comprises a unit cell of at least two different dielectric layers, the unit cell repeats such that one unit cell is formed adjacent to a next unit cell continuously in the redistributed Bragg reflector.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the qubit system comprises a qubit and a readout resonator; and
wherein a center conductor is formed through the distributed Bragg reflector, the center conductor being continuous through a continuous repetition of the unit cell.

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising providing a lossless superconducting circulator configured to receive the microwave readout signal from the qubit system and transmit the microwave readout signal according to a rotation.

14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising providing a quantum limited directional amplifier configured to amplify the microwave readout signal.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising a directional coupler operatively connected to the quantum limited directional amplifier, the directional coupler configured to enable biasing of the quantum limited directional amplifier to set a working point.

16. The method of claim 11 , further comprising providing a microwave bandpass filter configured to transmit in a microwave frequency band, the microwave bandpass filter configured to pass the microwave readout signal while blocking electromagnetic radiation outside of the microwave frequency band.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Abdo Baleegh

Classifications

• H10P95/00

  Generic processes or apparatus for manufacture or treatments not covered by the other groups of this subclass · CPC title

• H04Q9/00

  Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom · CPC title

• G06N99/002

  Physics · mapped topic

• H01L39/025

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L39/223 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic