8 research outputs found
Subspace Variational Quantum Simulator
Quantum simulation is one of the key applications of quantum computing, which
can accelerate research and development in chemistry, material science, etc.
Here, we propose an efficient method to simulate the time evolution driven by a
static Hamiltonian, named subspace variational quantum simulator (SVQS). SVQS
employs the subspace-search variational eigensolver (SSVQE) to find a
low-energy subspace and further extends it to simulate dynamics within the
low-energy subspace. More precisely, using a parameterized quantum circuit, the
low-energy subspace of interest is encoded into a computational subspace
spanned by a set of computational basis, where information processing can be
easily done. After the information processing, the computational subspace is
decoded to the original low-energy subspace. This allows us to simulate the
dynamics of low-energy subspace with lower overhead compared to existing
schemes. While the dimension is restricted for feasibility on near-term quantum
devices, the idea is similar to quantum phase estimation and its applications
such as quantum linear system solver and quantum metropolis sampling. Because
of this simplicity, we can successfully demonstrate the proposed method on the
actual quantum device using Regetti Quantum Cloud Service. Furthermore, we
propose a variational initial state preparation for SVQS, where the initial
states are searched from the simulatable eigensubspace. Finally, we demonstrate
SVQS on Rigetti Quantum Cloud Service
ZZ-Interaction-Free Single-Qubit-Gate Optimization in Superconducting Qubits
Overcoming the issue of qubit-frequency fluctuations is essential to realize
stable and practical quantum computing with solid-state qubits. Static ZZ
interaction, which causes a frequency shift of a qubit depending on the state
of neighboring qubits, is one of the major obstacles to integrating
fixed-frequency transmon qubits. Here we propose and experimentally demonstrate
ZZ-interaction-free single-qubit-gate operations on a superconducting transmon
qubit by utilizing a semi-analytically optimized pulse based on a perturbative
analysis. The gate is designed to be robust against slow qubit-frequency
fluctuations. The robustness of the optimized gate spans a few MHz, which is
sufficient for suppressing the adverse effects of the ZZ interaction. Our
result paves the way for an efficient approach to overcoming the issue of ZZ
interaction without any additional hardware overhead.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures plus Supplementary Information (4 pages, 2
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Experimental demonstration of a high-fidelity virtual two-qubit gate
We experimentally demonstrate a virtual two-qubit gate and characterize it
using quantum process tomography (QPT). The virtual two-qubit gate decomposes
an actual two-qubit gate into single-qubit operations and projective
measurements in quantum circuits for expectation-value estimation. We implement
projective measurements via mid-circuit dispersive readout. The deterministic
sampling scheme reduces the number of experimental circuit evaluations required
for decomposing a virtual two-qubit gate. We also apply measurement error
mitigation to suppress the effect of readout errors and improve the average
gate fidelity of a virtual controlled- (CZ) gate to . Our results highlight a practical approach to implement virtual
two-qubit gates with high fidelities, which are useful for simulating quantum
circuits using fewer qubits and implementing two-qubit gates on a distant pair
of qubits.Comment: 8 pages with 3 figure
Fast parametric two-qubit gates with suppressed residual interaction using the second-order nonlinearity of a cubic transmon
We demonstrate fast two-qubit gates using a parity-violated superconducting qubit consisting of a capacitively shunted asymmetric Josephson-junction loop under a finite magnetic flux bias. The second-order nonlinearity manifesting in the qubit enables the interaction with a neighboring single-junction transmon qubit via first-order interqubit sideband transitions with Rabi frequencies up to 30 MHz. Simultaneously, the unwanted static longitudinal (ZZ) interaction is eliminated with ac Stark shifts induced by a continuous microwave drive near resonant to the sideband transitions. The average fidelities of the two-qubit gates are evaluated with randomized benchmarking as 0.971, 0.958, and 0.962 for CZ, iswap, and swap gates, respectively