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Journal of Physics Conference Series

Propagation of short current pulses in Josephson transition line and ultrafast qubit control

M. V. Bastrakova, N. V. Klenov, Vsevolod I. Ruzhickiy, Сатанин Аркадий Михайлович

Published Dec 1, 2019• 1 citation
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Abstract The results of the study of the impact of single-quantum magnetic flux pulses moving along the Josephson transmission lines (JTL) on the dynamics of states of qubits magnetically coupled with such lines are presented. The JTL dynamics was calculated in the frame of resistively shunted junction model with different damping coefficients. This allowed us to find the form of control current pulses (fluxon) acting on a superconducting qubit. Numerical simulations of the simplest logic operations with superconducting qubit due to calculated fluxon impact are presented.

DOI
10.1088/1742-6596/1410/1/012142

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We theoretically investigate a readout scheme of the quantum state of a superconducting qubit based on time delay of a single flux quantum (SFQ), also known as a fluxon, propagating in a Josephson transmission line (JTL). We concretely study the time-delay readout based on capacitive coupling between a transmon qubit and a JTL, and we evaluate the time delay depending on the qubit state. We also reveal a feature of the absence of fluxon pinning and exponential suppression of nonadiabatic transitions caused by the propagating fluxon, which is advantageous for the time-delay readout. We extend the analysis to a multi-level transmon as well. Owing to the spectral gap in the JTL, the radiative decay of the qubit mediated by the JTL is exponentially suppressed, and thus the transmission line itself also serves as a filter protecting the qubit. The readout scheme requires neither complicated wiring to low-temperature stages nor bulky microwave components, which are bottlenecks for integration of a large-scale superconducting quantum computer.
Abstract Methods for controlling states of interacting superconducting flux qubits using power-efficient devices of fast single-quantum logic (Josephson nonlinearity cavities) are studied. One- and two-qubit quantum logical operations performed within the conventional control technique using Rabi pulses and using picosecond single unipolar magnetic field pulses are comparatively analyzed. It is shown that all main operations can be implemented with an accuracy of better than 97% due to optimization of the shape and parameters of unipolar control pulses (associated with, e.g., propagation of fluxons in transmission lines). The efficiency of the developed technique for programming a two-qubit quantum processor implementing the simplest Deutsch–Jozsa algorithm is demonstrated.
The present study is devoted to development of a technique for numerical simulation of the wave function dynamics the single Josephson qubits and arrays of noninteracting qubits controlled by ultra-short pulses. We wish to demonstrate the feasibility of a new principle of basic logical operations on the picosecond timescale. The influence of the unipolar pulse (“fluxon”) form on the evolution of the state during the execution of the quantum one-qubit operations – “NOT”, “READ” and “ NOT ” – is investigated in the presence of decoherence. In the array of non interacting qubits, the question of the influence of the spread of their energy parameters (tunnel constants) is studied. It is shown that a single unipolar pulse can control a huge array of artificial atoms with 10% spread of geometric parameters in the array.
We present the results of an analytical study and numerical simulation of the dynamics of a superconducting three-Josephson-junction (3JJ) flux qubit magnetically coupled with rapid single-flux quantum (RSFQ) logic circuit, which demonstrate the fundamental possibility of implementing the simplest logic operations at picosecond times, as well as rapid non-destructive readout. It is shown that when solving optimization problems, the qubit dynamics can be conveniently interpreted as a precession of the magnetic moment vector around the direction of the magnetic field. In this case, the role of magnetic field components is played by combinations of the Hamiltonian matrix elements, and the role of the magnetic moment is played by the Bloch vector. Features of the 3JJ qubit model are discussed during the analysis of how the qubit is affected by exposure to a short control pulse, as are the similarities between the Bloch and Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equations. An analysis of solutions to the Bloch equations made it possible to develop recommendations for the use of readout RSFQ circuits in implementing an optimal interface between the classical and quantum parts of the computer system, as well as to justify the use of single-quantum logic in order to control superconducting quantum circuits on a chip.
In this paper we discuss methods for controlling the states of interacting superconducting flux qubits using energy-efficient devices of rapid single flux quantum logic (the resonators with Josephson nonlinearity). A comparative analysis for one - and two-qubit quantum logical operations performed both within the traditional control technique using Rabi pulses and using picosecond single unipolar magnetic field pulses is carried out. It is shown that by optimizing the shape and parameters of unipolar control pulses (associated, for example, with the propagation of fluxons in the transmission lines) it is possible to implement all the basic operations with the fidelity of more than 97 %. The efficiency of the developed technique was demonstrated for programming a two-bit quantum processor that implements the simplest Deutsch-Joza algorithm.