Fast design and scaling of multi-qubit gates in large-scale trapped-ion quantum computers

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Main Authors: Peleg, Lee, Schwerdt, David, Nemirovsky, Jonathan, Shapira, Yotam, Akerman, Nitzan, Stern, Ady, Kish, Amit Ben, Ozeri, Roee
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author Peleg, Lee
Schwerdt, David
Nemirovsky, Jonathan
Shapira, Yotam
Akerman, Nitzan
Stern, Ady
Kish, Amit Ben
Ozeri, Roee
author_facet Peleg, Lee
Schwerdt, David
Nemirovsky, Jonathan
Shapira, Yotam
Akerman, Nitzan
Stern, Ady
Kish, Amit Ben
Ozeri, Roee
contents Quantum computers based on crystals of trapped ions are a prominent technology for quantum computation. A unique feature of trapped ions is their long-range Coulomb interactions, which can be exploited to realize large-scale multiqubit entanglement gates. However, scaling up the number of qubits, $N$, in these systems, while retaining high-fidelity and high-speed operations, is challenging. Specifically, designing multiqubit entanglement gates in long ion crystals of hundreds of ions involves an NP-hard optimization problem, rendering scale-up not only a technological challenge, but also a conceptual challenge. Here we introduce a method that mitigates this challenge, effectively allowing for a polynomial-time design of fast, robust, and programmable entanglement gates, acting on the entire ion-crystal. We show that while the number of simultaneous entanglement operations scales as $N^2$, the gate duration scales as $N$, leading to a scaling advantage. We use our methods to investigate the drive-power requirements and susceptibility to noise and errors of these multiqubit gates. Our method delineates a path towards scaling up quantum computers based on ion-crystals with hundreds of qubits.
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spellingShingle Fast design and scaling of multi-qubit gates in large-scale trapped-ion quantum computers
Peleg, Lee
Schwerdt, David
Nemirovsky, Jonathan
Shapira, Yotam
Akerman, Nitzan
Stern, Ady
Kish, Amit Ben
Ozeri, Roee
Quantum Physics
Quantum computers based on crystals of trapped ions are a prominent technology for quantum computation. A unique feature of trapped ions is their long-range Coulomb interactions, which can be exploited to realize large-scale multiqubit entanglement gates. However, scaling up the number of qubits, $N$, in these systems, while retaining high-fidelity and high-speed operations, is challenging. Specifically, designing multiqubit entanglement gates in long ion crystals of hundreds of ions involves an NP-hard optimization problem, rendering scale-up not only a technological challenge, but also a conceptual challenge. Here we introduce a method that mitigates this challenge, effectively allowing for a polynomial-time design of fast, robust, and programmable entanglement gates, acting on the entire ion-crystal. We show that while the number of simultaneous entanglement operations scales as $N^2$, the gate duration scales as $N$, leading to a scaling advantage. We use our methods to investigate the drive-power requirements and susceptibility to noise and errors of these multiqubit gates. Our method delineates a path towards scaling up quantum computers based on ion-crystals with hundreds of qubits.
title Fast design and scaling of multi-qubit gates in large-scale trapped-ion quantum computers
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.09566