Heisenberg-limited calibration of entangling gates with robust phase estimation

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Auteurs principaux: Rudinger, Kenneth, Marceaux, J. P., Hashim, Akel, Santiago, David I., Siddiqi, Irfan, Young, Kevin C.
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author Rudinger, Kenneth
Marceaux, J. P.
Hashim, Akel
Santiago, David I.
Siddiqi, Irfan
Young, Kevin C.
author_facet Rudinger, Kenneth
Marceaux, J. P.
Hashim, Akel
Santiago, David I.
Siddiqi, Irfan
Young, Kevin C.
contents The calibration of high-quality two-qubit entangling gates is an essential component in engineering large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers. However, many standard calibration techniques are based on randomized circuits that are only quadratically sensitive to calibration errors. As a result, these approaches are inefficient, requiring many experimental shots to achieve acceptable performance. In this work, we demonstrate that robust phase estimation can enable high-precision, Heisenberg-limited estimates of coherent errors in multi-qubit gates. Equipped with an efficient estimator, the calibration problem may be reduced to a simple optimization loop that minimizes the estimated coherent error. We experimentally demonstrate our calibration protocols by improving the operation of a two-qubit controlled-Z gate on a superconducting processor, and we validate the improved performance with gate set tomography. Our methods are applicable to gates in other quantum hardware platforms such as ion traps and neutral atoms, and on other multi-qubit gates, such as CNOT or iSWAP.
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spellingShingle Heisenberg-limited calibration of entangling gates with robust phase estimation
Rudinger, Kenneth
Marceaux, J. P.
Hashim, Akel
Santiago, David I.
Siddiqi, Irfan
Young, Kevin C.
Quantum Physics
Systems and Control
The calibration of high-quality two-qubit entangling gates is an essential component in engineering large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers. However, many standard calibration techniques are based on randomized circuits that are only quadratically sensitive to calibration errors. As a result, these approaches are inefficient, requiring many experimental shots to achieve acceptable performance. In this work, we demonstrate that robust phase estimation can enable high-precision, Heisenberg-limited estimates of coherent errors in multi-qubit gates. Equipped with an efficient estimator, the calibration problem may be reduced to a simple optimization loop that minimizes the estimated coherent error. We experimentally demonstrate our calibration protocols by improving the operation of a two-qubit controlled-Z gate on a superconducting processor, and we validate the improved performance with gate set tomography. Our methods are applicable to gates in other quantum hardware platforms such as ion traps and neutral atoms, and on other multi-qubit gates, such as CNOT or iSWAP.
title Heisenberg-limited calibration of entangling gates with robust phase estimation
topic Quantum Physics
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.06698