Optimizing quantum gate fidelities using energy-optimal control

Tangyou Huang, Anuj Aggarwal, Jingjun Zhu +11 more

Fault-tolerant quantum computing requires high-fidelity quantum gates that are resilient to control errors and device imperfections. Here, we develop energy-optimal control pulses for single-qubit gates that are simultaneously robust against frequency detuning and waveform inhomogeneities while also suppressing leakage outside the computational subspace. Combining the optimized pulse envelopes with an adaptive control scheme, we experimentally demonstrate optimal robust gates on a superconducting quantum processor. For a gate duration of 90ns, we achieve fidelities above 99.9% for the X gate and 99.6% for Hadamard-type gates. For the X gate, we maintain fidelities above 99.5% for simultaneous drive-amplitude variations up to 20% and qubit detuning up to 4 MHz. This robustness outperforms that of conventional Gaussian pulses by an order of magnitude, without much difference in peak gate fidelity. These results establish a route towards robust single-qubit control in large-scale quantum processors, advancing the development of fault-tolerant quantum computing.

Yuchen Peng, Frank Gaitan

Aviv Aroch, Ronnie Kosloff, Shimshon Kallush

All quantum systems are subject to noise from the environment or external controls. This noise is a major obstacle to the realization of quantum technology. For example, noise limits the fidelity of quantum gates. Employing optimal control theory, we study the generation of quantum single and two-qubit gates. Specifically, we explore a Markovian model of phase and amplitude noise, leading to the degradation of the gate fidelity. We show that optimal control with such noise models generates control solutions to mitigate the loss of gate fidelity. The problem is formulated in Liouville space employing an extremely accurate numerical solver and the Krotov algorithm for solving the optimal control equations.

Bilal Riaz, Shuang Cong, Shahid Qamar

Jinfang Li, Jie‐Ru Hu, Feng Wan +1 more

Implementation of quantum gates are important for quantum computations in physical system made of polar molecules. We investigate the feasibility of implementing gates based on pendular states of the molecular system by two different quantum optical control methods. Firstly, the Multi-Target optimal control theory and the Multi-Constraint optimal control theory are described for optimizing control fields and accomplish the optimization of quantum gates. Numerical results show that the controlled NOT gate (CNOT) can be realized under the control of above methods with high fidelities (0.975 and 0.999) respectively. In addition, in order to examine the dependence of the fidelity on energy difference in the same molecular system, the SWAP gate in the molecular system is also optimized with high fidelity (0.999) by the Multi-Constraint optimal control theory with the zero-area and constant-fluence constraints.

Hyeong-Jin Kim