Optimizing frequency allocation for fixed-frequency superconducting quantum processors

Fixed-frequency superconducting quantum processors are one of the most mature quantum computing architectures with high-coherence qubits and simple controls. However, high-fidelity multiqubit gates pose tight requirements on individual qubit frequencies in these processors, and these constraints are...

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Main Authors: Alexis Morvan, Larry Chen, Jeffrey M. Larson, David I. Santiago, Irfan Siddiqi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2022-04-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.023079
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Summary:Fixed-frequency superconducting quantum processors are one of the most mature quantum computing architectures with high-coherence qubits and simple controls. However, high-fidelity multiqubit gates pose tight requirements on individual qubit frequencies in these processors, and these constraints are difficult to satisfy when constructing larger processors due to the large dispersion in the fabrication of Josephson junctions. In this paper, we propose a mixed-integer-programming-based optimization approach that determines qubit frequencies to maximize the fabrication yield of quantum processors. We study traditional qubit and qutrit (three-level) architectures with cross-resonance interaction processors. We compare these architectures to a differential ac-Stark shift based on entanglement gates and show that our approach greatly improves the fabrication yield and also increases the scalability of these devices. Our approach is general and can be adapted to problems where one must avoid specific frequency collisions.
ISSN:2643-1564