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| author | Jaeger, Marvin Tegowski, Bartosz Riemschneider, Georg Frederik Koelpin, Alexander |
| author_facet | Jaeger, Marvin Tegowski, Bartosz Riemschneider, Georg Frederik Koelpin, Alexander |
| contents | Power amplifiers (PA) are essential for microwavecontrolled trapped-ion and semiconductor spin based quantum computers (QC). They adjust the power level of the control signal and therefore the processing time of the QC. Their nonlinearities and memory effects degrade the signal quality and, thus, the fidelity of qubit gate operations. Driving the PA with a significant input power back-off reduces nonlinear effects but is neither power-efficient nor cost-effective. To overcome this limitation, this letter augments the conventional signal generation system applied in QCs by digital predistortion (DPD) to linearize the radio frequency (RF) channel. Numerical analysis of the qubit behavior based on measured representative control signals indicates that DPD improves its fidelity. |
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| publishDate | 2026 |
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| spellingShingle | Digital Predistortion of Power Amplifiers for Quantum Computing Jaeger, Marvin Tegowski, Bartosz Riemschneider, Georg Frederik Koelpin, Alexander Quantum Physics Signal Processing Power amplifiers (PA) are essential for microwavecontrolled trapped-ion and semiconductor spin based quantum computers (QC). They adjust the power level of the control signal and therefore the processing time of the QC. Their nonlinearities and memory effects degrade the signal quality and, thus, the fidelity of qubit gate operations. Driving the PA with a significant input power back-off reduces nonlinear effects but is neither power-efficient nor cost-effective. To overcome this limitation, this letter augments the conventional signal generation system applied in QCs by digital predistortion (DPD) to linearize the radio frequency (RF) channel. Numerical analysis of the qubit behavior based on measured representative control signals indicates that DPD improves its fidelity. |
| title | Digital Predistortion of Power Amplifiers for Quantum Computing |
| topic | Quantum Physics Signal Processing |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.06524 |