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Eriksson AM, Sépulcre T, Kervinen M, Hillmann T, Kudra M, Dupouy S, Lu Y, Khanahmadi M, Yang J, Castillo-Moreno C, Delsing P, Gasparinetti S. Universal control of a bosonic mode via drive-activated native cubic interactions. Nat Commun 2024; 15:2512. [PMID: 38509084 PMCID: PMC10954688 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46507-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 02/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024] Open
Abstract
Linear bosonic modes offer a hardware-efficient alternative for quantum information processing but require access to some nonlinearity for universal control. The lack of nonlinearity in photonics has led to encoded measurement-based quantum computing, which relies on linear operations but requires access to resourceful ('nonlinear') quantum states, such as cubic phase states. In contrast, superconducting microwave circuits offer engineerable nonlinearities but suffer from static Kerr nonlinearity. Here, we demonstrate universal control of a bosonic mode composed of a superconducting nonlinear asymmetric inductive element (SNAIL) resonator, enabled by native nonlinearities in the SNAIL element. We suppress static nonlinearities by operating the SNAIL in the vicinity of its Kerr-free point and dynamically activate nonlinearities up to third order by fast flux pulses. We experimentally realize a universal set of generalized squeezing operations, as well as the cubic phase gate, and exploit them to deterministically prepare a cubic phase state in 60 ns. Our results initiate the experimental field of polynomial quantum computing, in the continuous-variables notion originally introduced by Lloyd and Braunstein.
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- Axel M Eriksson
- Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Physikalisches Institut, University of Stuttgart, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Meier F, Schwarzhans E, Erker P, Huber M. Fundamental Accuracy-Resolution Trade-Off for Timekeeping Devices. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 131:220201. [PMID: 38101372 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.220201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2023] [Revised: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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From a thermodynamic point of view, all clocks are driven by irreversible processes. Additionally, one can use oscillatory systems to temporally modulate the thermodynamic flux towards equilibrium. Focusing on the most elementary thermalization events, this modulation can be thought of as a temporal probability concentration for these events. There are two fundamental factors limiting the performance of clocks: On the one level, the inevitable drifts of the oscillatory system, which are addressed by finding stable atomic or nuclear transitions that lead to astounding precision of today's clocks. On the other level, there is the intrinsically stochastic nature of the irreversible events upon which the clock's operation is based. This becomes relevant when seeking to maximize a clock's resolution at high accuracy, which is ultimately limited by the number of such stochastic events per reference time unit. We address this essential trade-off between clock accuracy and resolution, proving a universal bound for all clocks whose elementary thermalization events are memoryless.
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- Florian Meier
- Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology, Atominstitut, Technische Universität Wien, 1020 Vienna, Austria
- Institute for Theoretical Physics, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology, Atominstitut, Technische Universität Wien, 1020 Vienna, Austria
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- Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology, Atominstitut, Technische Universität Wien, 1020 Vienna, Austria
- Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Austrian Academy of Sciences, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology, Atominstitut, Technische Universität Wien, 1020 Vienna, Austria
- Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Austrian Academy of Sciences, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Pau LF, Borza P. Quantum computing architectures with signaling and control mimicking biological processes. Heliyon 2023; 9:e18593. [PMID: 37576268 PMCID: PMC10413076 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2023] [Revised: 07/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/21/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Earlier reports have described a quantum computing architecture, in which key elements are derived from control functions in biology. In this further continuing research, focus is on the signaling and control of a flow of qubits in that architecture, mimicking synapse signals and neurological controls. After a short description of that architecture, and of quantum sensing elements, it is first shown how the coloring of quantum particle flows, implemented as in mathematical colored algebras, can reduce decoherence and enhance the decidability of quantum processing elements. Next, after reviewing specific human biology functions, and exploiting experimental results on excitation modes in live animals, it is shown how to achieve separation of the quantum control & signaling signals. Technologies and designs from particle physics are discussed as well as open research issues towards a realization of a quantum computing architecture with decidable signaling.
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- L.-F. Pau
- CBS, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Upgötva AB, Stockholm, Sweden
- Sophia Antipolis, France
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- Transylvania University, Brasov, Romania
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