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IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE)

Sinara and ARTIQ: Open-Source Ion-Trapping Control System

Tomasz Przywózki, Paweł Kulik, Mikołaj Sowiński, Grzegorz H. Kasprowicz, D. T. C. Allcock, Christopher J. Ballance, Sébastien Bourdeauducq, J. Britton, T. P. Harty, Robert Jördens, Marcin Kiepiela, Norman Krackow, D. P. Nadlinger, D. H. Slichter, Filip Świtakowski, Marius Weber

Published Sep 17, 2023• 0 citations
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Abstract

Sinara, an open-source hardware ecosystem, has been designed to facilitate quantum experiments' efficient man-agement. Abiding by the CERN Open Hardware License, Sinara comprises over 50 modules, most of which are commercially available, representing a broad spectrum of capabilities. A crucial element of Sinara is its integration with the Advanced Real-Time Infrastructure for Quantum physics (ARTIQ) control system. This combination provides researchers with a robust toolkit with capabilities such as 1 ns timing resolution. It also includes a comprehensive suite of tools designed to manage experiment scheduling, versioning, results storage, and hardware management, enhancing the efficiency of quantum experiment workflows. The poster presents proposed development of Sinara based control system for a commercially available ion trap solution, with a systematic strategy to replace components of the control system with Sinara modules. This method affords valuable hands-on experience that will help in the design of future modules and the enhancement of existing ones. Proposed Sinara control system is to be made up of several subsystems, including high voltage controls, electrical controls, shuttling and readout, and laser controls. Each subsystem is managed through a PC and operated via ARTIQ or MQTT protocol, providing a structured framework for management. The subsystems utilize several advanced hardware components, including the Kasli v2 controller, Shuttler DAC, and DIOT STM Controller, among others.

DOI
10.1109/qce57702.2023.10249

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Quantum computing has become widely available to researchers via cloud-hosted devices with different technologies using a multitude of software development frameworks. The vertical stack behind such solutions typically features quantum language abstraction and high-level translation frameworks that tend to be open source, down to pulse-level programming. However, the lower-level mapping to the control electronics, such as controls for laser and microwave pulse generators, remains closed source for contemporary commercial cloud-hosted quantum devices. One exception is the ARTIQ (Advanced Real-Time Infrastructure for Quantum physics) open-source library for trapped-ion control electronics. This stack has been complemented by the Duke ARTIQ Extensions (DAX) to provide modularity and better abstraction. It, however, remains disconnected from the wealth of features provided by popular quantum computing languages. This paper contributes QisDAX, a bridge between Qiskit and DAX that fills this gap. QisDAX provides interfaces for Python programs written using IBM's Qiskit and transpiles them to the DAX abstraction. This allows users to generically interface to the ARTIQ control systems accessing trapped-ion quantum devices. Consequently, the algorithms expressed in Qiskit become available to an open-source quantum software stack. This provides the first open-source, end-to-end, full-stack pipeline for remote submission of quantum programs for trapped-ion quantum systems in a non-commercial setting.