High fidelity readout of a transmon qubit using a superconducting low-inductance undulatory galvanometer microwave amplifier

We report high-fidelity, quantum non-demolition, single-shot readout of a superconducting transmon qubit using a dc-biased superconducting low-inductance undulatory galvanometer (SLUG) amplifier. The SLUG improves the system signal-to-noise ratio by $6.5\;{\rm dB}$ in a $20\;{\rm MHz}$ window compar...

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Main Authors: Yanbing Liu, Srikanth J Srinivasan, D Hover, Shaojiang Zhu, R McDermott, A A Houck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2014-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/16/11/113008
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author Yanbing Liu
Srikanth J Srinivasan
D Hover
Shaojiang Zhu
R McDermott
A A Houck
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description We report high-fidelity, quantum non-demolition, single-shot readout of a superconducting transmon qubit using a dc-biased superconducting low-inductance undulatory galvanometer (SLUG) amplifier. The SLUG improves the system signal-to-noise ratio by $6.5\;{\rm dB}$ in a $20\;{\rm MHz}$ window compared with a bare high electron mobility transistor amplifier. An optimal cavity drive pulse is chosen using a genetic search algorithm, leading to a maximum combined readout and preparation fidelity of $91.9\%$ with a measurement time of ${{T}_{{\rm meas}}}=200\;{\rm ns}$ . Using post-selection to remove preparation errors caused by heating, we realize a combined preparation and readout fidelity of $94.3\%$ .
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spelling doaj.art-724b914d25574cef86cdbaea32d717a82023-08-08T11:21:48ZengIOP PublishingNew Journal of Physics1367-26302014-01-01161111300810.1088/1367-2630/16/11/113008High fidelity readout of a transmon qubit using a superconducting low-inductance undulatory galvanometer microwave amplifierYanbing Liu0Srikanth J Srinivasan1D Hover2Shaojiang Zhu3R McDermott4A A Houck5Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University , Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USADepartment of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University , Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA; IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights , New York 10598, USADepartment of Physics, University of Wisconsin , Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USADepartment of Physics, University of Wisconsin , Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USADepartment of Physics, University of Wisconsin , Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USADepartment of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University , Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USAWe report high-fidelity, quantum non-demolition, single-shot readout of a superconducting transmon qubit using a dc-biased superconducting low-inductance undulatory galvanometer (SLUG) amplifier. The SLUG improves the system signal-to-noise ratio by $6.5\;{\rm dB}$ in a $20\;{\rm MHz}$ window compared with a bare high electron mobility transistor amplifier. An optimal cavity drive pulse is chosen using a genetic search algorithm, leading to a maximum combined readout and preparation fidelity of $91.9\%$ with a measurement time of ${{T}_{{\rm meas}}}=200\;{\rm ns}$ . Using post-selection to remove preparation errors caused by heating, we realize a combined preparation and readout fidelity of $94.3\%$ .https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/16/11/113008superconducting qubitmicrowave amplifiergenetic algorithm
spellingShingle Yanbing Liu
Srikanth J Srinivasan
D Hover
Shaojiang Zhu
R McDermott
A A Houck
High fidelity readout of a transmon qubit using a superconducting low-inductance undulatory galvanometer microwave amplifier
New Journal of Physics
superconducting qubit
microwave amplifier
genetic algorithm
title High fidelity readout of a transmon qubit using a superconducting low-inductance undulatory galvanometer microwave amplifier
title_full High fidelity readout of a transmon qubit using a superconducting low-inductance undulatory galvanometer microwave amplifier
title_fullStr High fidelity readout of a transmon qubit using a superconducting low-inductance undulatory galvanometer microwave amplifier
title_full_unstemmed High fidelity readout of a transmon qubit using a superconducting low-inductance undulatory galvanometer microwave amplifier
title_short High fidelity readout of a transmon qubit using a superconducting low-inductance undulatory galvanometer microwave amplifier
title_sort high fidelity readout of a transmon qubit using a superconducting low inductance undulatory galvanometer microwave amplifier
topic superconducting qubit
microwave amplifier
genetic algorithm
url https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/16/11/113008
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