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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

Calibrating two-qubit gates via robust phase estimation

Kenneth Rudinger, Guilhem J. Ribeill, Luke C. G. Govia, Matthew Ware, Shelby Kimmel

Published Mar 8, 2019• 0 citations
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The robust phase estimation (RPE) protocol was designed to be an efficient and robust way to calibrate quantum operations. The robustness of RPE refers to its ability to estimate a single parameter, usually gate amplitude, even when other parameters are poorly calibrated or when the gate experiences significant errors. Here we demonstrate the robustness of RPE to errors that affect initialization, measurement, and gates. In each case, the error threshold at which RPE begins to fail matches quantitatively with theoretical bounds. We conclude that RPE is an effective and reliable tool for calibration of one-qubit rotations and that it is particularly useful for automated calibration routines and sensor tasks.