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arXiv:1004.4657 · Nature Communications

Tunable quantum beam splitters for coherent manipulation of a solid-state tripartite qubit system

Guozhu Sun, Xueda Wen, Bo Mao, Jian Chen, Yang Yu, Peiheng Wu, Siyuan Han

Published Aug 10, 2010• 110 citations
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Abstract

Coherent control of quantum states is at the heart of implementing solid-state quantum processors and testing quantum mechanics at the macroscopic level. Despite significant progress made in recent years in controlling single- and bi-partite quantum systems, coherent control of quantum wave function in multipartite systems involving artificial solid-state qubits has been hampered due to the relatively short decoherence time and lack of precise control methods. Here we report the creation and coherent manipulation of quantum states in a tripartite quantum system, which is formed by a superconducting qubit coupled to two microscopic two-level systems (TLSs). The avoided crossings in the system's energy-level spectrum due to the qubit–TLS interaction act as tunable quantum beam splitters of wave functions. Our result shows that the Landau–Zener–Stückelberg interference has great potential in precise control of the quantum states in the tripartite system. Coherent control of solid-state multi-qubit systems is highly desirable for quantum information. Here the authors show coupling, and control through Landau–Zener interference, of a superconducting qubit and two microscopic two-level systems, creating an interesting platform for quantum computation.

DOI
10.1038/ncomms1050

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Superconducting qubits are artificial solid state quantum systems which present quantized energy level at low temperature and low dissipation. The energy difference between levels can be tuned by external driving electro-magnetic field, leading to avoided level crossings under certain conditions. Recent research has shown Landau-Zener-Stückelberg(LZS) interference can be realized in solid state qubits with such avoided level crossings. This provides a new method for the measurement of energy spectroscopy, the characterization of coupling between quantum system and environment, as well as the realization of quantum logic gates and quantum entanglement.
We demonstrate quantum control and entanglement generation using a Landau-Zener beam splitter formed by coupling two transmon qubits to a superconducting cavity. Single passage through the cavity-mediated qubit-qubit avoided crossing provides a direct test of the Landau-Zener transition formula. Consecutive sweeps result in Landau-Zener-Stückelberg interference patterns, with a visibility that can be sensitively tuned by adjusting the level velocity through both the nonadiabatic and adiabatic regimes. Two-qubit state tomography indicates that a Bell state can be generated via a single passage, with a fidelity of 78% limited by qubit relaxation.
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