22 research outputs found
Experimental quantum verification in the presence of temporally correlated noise
Growth in the complexity and capabilities of quantum information hardware
mandates access to practical techniques for performance verification that
function under realistic laboratory conditions. Here we experimentally
characterise the impact of common temporally correlated noise processes on both
randomised benchmarking (RB) and gate-set tomography (GST). We study these
using an analytic toolkit based on a formalism mapping noise to errors for
arbitrary sequences of unitary operations. This analysis highlights the role of
sequence structure in enhancing or suppressing the sensitivity of quantum
verification protocols to either slowly or rapidly varying noise, which we
treat in the limiting cases of quasi-DC miscalibration and white noise power
spectra. We perform experiments with a single trapped Yb ion as a
qubit and inject engineered noise () to probe protocol
performance. Experiments on RB validate predictions that the distribution of
measured fidelities over sequences is described by a gamma distribution varying
between approximately Gaussian for rapidly varying noise, and a broad, highly
skewed distribution for the slowly varying case. Similarly we find a strong
gate set dependence of GST in the presence of correlated errors, leading to
significant deviations between estimated and calculated diamond distances in
the presence of correlated errors. Numerical simulations demonstrate
that expansion of the gate set to include negative rotations can suppress these
discrepancies and increase reported diamond distances by orders of magnitude
for the same error processes. Similar effects do not occur for correlated
or errors or rapidly varying noise processes,
highlighting the critical interplay of selected gate set and the gauge
optimisation process on the meaning of the reported diamond norm in correlated
noise environments.Comment: Expanded and updated analysis of GST, including detailed examination
of the role of gauge optimization in GST. Full GST data sets and
supplementary information available on request from the authors. Related
results available from
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Optical Coherence Technology Detects Early Signs of Peri-implant Mucositis in the Minipig Model
Background: Peri-implant mucositis defines the inflammation of gingival tissue surrounding osseous integrated implants without destruction of supporting bone. Untreated mucositis may develop into peri-implantitis with irreversible resorption of alveolar bone and implant failure. Mucositis is reversible with early intervention; however, existing clinical approaches have proved inadequate to reveal initial stages of this complication. Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is a non-invasive modality that provides real time, cross-sectional optical images of tissue up to 2-3mm in depth from the surface. Here, the minipig model assessed the diagnostic capability of OCT to detect early signs of mucositis by imaging microstructural changes of soft peri-implant tissue based on its correspondent histological analysis. Methods: Implants were placed in edentulous ridges of anesthetized animals. After a 7-8 weeks healing to achieve osseous integration, peri-implant disease was induced by ligature procedures. At endpoints of 3, 7 and 12 days after ligation, implant sites were clinically examined by bleeding on probing, probing depth, clinical attachment loss, suppuration and radiographic changes in bone level. Biopsies were collected for ex vivo optical imaging and histological analysis. Results: As early as 3 to 7 days after ligation, imaging documented the internal disarrangement of peri-implant gingival tissue and the images correlated well with corresponding histological specimens. Clinical signs of inflammation and loss of alveolar bone were absent. Conclusion: Development of clinical applications of OCT imaging for early diagnosis of mucositis could lead to therapeutic interventions to reduce one of the causes of implant failur