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Annalen der Physik

Multiple‐Qubit CkUm Logic Gates of Rydberg Atoms via Optimized Geometric Quantum Operations

Meng Li, Jing‐Yang Li, F.-Q. Guo, Xiaoyu Zhu, Erjun Liang, Shou Zhang, L.-L. Yan, Mang Feng, Shi‐Lei Su

Published Feb 4, 2022• 4 citations
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Abstract

Abstract Multiple‐qubit logic gates, as an essential part of quantum logic gates, have wide practical application in quantum computation. Here, a scheme to directly construct a multiple‐qubit logic gate , in which k control atoms apply an universal operation U on each of m target qubits in the Rydberg atom system is proposed. The scheme, based on Rydberg blockade and geometric quantum operations as well as optimized control theory, can greatly reduce the qubit number and the operation steps, improving the speed and robustness of the gating compared to the conventional multiple‐qubit gates consisting of single‐ and two‐qubit gates. Taking the C2U2 gate as an example, the performance of the proposal is numerically evaluated in terms of the fidelity of the quantum gate as well as the robustness against the static systematic errors and spontaneous emission. This work may provide a significative reference for constructing universal multiple‐qubit logic gates in future Rydberg atom experiments.

DOI
10.1002/andp.202100506

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Quantum computing algorithms can be decomposed into a universal set of elementary one- and two-qubit gates. Different physical implementations of quantum computing, however, employ interactions that permit direct conditional dynamics on multiple qubits in a single step. In this work, we leverage quantum optimal control techniques to design single continuous laser pulses that implement multi-qubit controlled-phase and -swap (Fredkin) gates on Rydberg atom quantum processors. The identification of robust multi-qubit operations leads to reduced operation time and less decoherence, and the control field provides continuous protection of the atoms from environmental noise. Notably, we find that the controlled-SWAP (Fredkin) gate, implemented using this approach, achieves 99.88% fidelity while accounting for imperfections such as spontaneous emission, laser fluctuations, and Doppler dephasing.