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1 Topologicaly protected abelian Josephson qubits: theory and experiment. B. Doucot (Jussieu) M.V. Feigelman (Landau) L. Ioffe (Rutgers) M. Gershenson (Rutgers)

2 Plan Honest (pessimistic) review of the state of the field of superconducting qubits. Theoretical models of protected qubits and their implementations in Josephson junctions. Experimental results Conclusions

3 NEC/Chalmers State of the Art in Superconducting Charge Saclay/Yale Qubits Charge/Phase Flux TU Delft/SUNY Phase NIST/UCSB Junction size E J = E C Charging versus Josephson energy H = E nˆ n + E +Φ Iϕ 2 Ideal Hamiltonian : 4 C( 0) J cos( ϕ ) nˆ = i number of Cooper pairs ϕ I external current Two states of the qubit differ by charge nˆ if E E phase ϕ if E C J E J C

4 NEC/Chalmers State of the Art in Superconducting Charge Saclay/Yale Qubits Charge/Phase Flux TU Delft/SUNY Phase NIST/UCSB Junction size E J = E C 2 In real life H = 4 E [ nˆ n + δ n( t)] + [ E + δe ( t)]cos( ϕ + δφ( t)) Iϕ C 0 J J δnt ( ) charge noise, δe ( t) critical current noise, δφ( t) flux noise J # of Cooper pairs Partial remedy: Sweet spots (linear protection) Energy as a function of the most dangerous parameter (charge, flux, etc)

5 State of the Art in Superconducting Qubits Charge NEC/Chalmers Charge/Phase Saclay/Yale Flux TU Delft/SUNY Phase NIST/UCSB Junction size E J = E C Charging versus Josephson energy # of Cooper pairs History 1 st qubit demonstrated in 1998 (NEC Labs, Japan) Long coherence shown 2002 (Saclay/Yale) Several experiments with two degrees of freedom C-NOT gate (2003 NEC, 2006 Delft and UCSB ) Bell inequality tests being attempted (2006, UCSB) [failure due to low readout visibility!] 1 st time domain tunable coupling of two flux qubits (2007, NEC Labs, Japan) Coupling superconducting qubits via a cavity bus (2007 Yale and NIST)

6 Relaxation and dephasing times T1 Relaxation time α 0 + β 1 T 2 Dephasing time ω0 2π = 5 10 GHz Design Group T 2 T 1 Visibility Phase qubit UCSB ~ 85 nsec 110 nsec > 90% Operation time Logical quality factor Flux qubit NEC ~ 0.8 μsec 1 μsec ~ 20/30% ~ 0.02 μsec * Transmon (CPB in a cavity) Yale ~ 2 μsec ~ 1.5 μsec > 95 % ~ 0.05 μsec * QPhysical ν 0T * Projected values Q Logical < 0.1 Q Physical = What do we need?

7 Error rates that we need for quantum computation. Log 10 (Program length) Steane PRA (2003) -Log 10 Q Logical -Log 10 R R=N/K - redundancy Q Logical < Need Q Logical >> 10 4 for many qubit system

8 Advantage of protection Charge qubit: Q<100 Quantronium, (charge qubit at the optimal point): Q= Flux qubit: away from the optimal point Q~10 At optimal point Q= T 1 ~4μs T 2 ~3μs T 2 echo ~4μs Devices decoupled from the leading source of noise in the linear order. Devices decoupled in? higher orders?

9 Protected Qubit (General) P k Protected Doublet: Special Spin Hamiltonians H with a large number of (non-local) integrals of motion P, Q: [H,P k ]=0, [H,Q m ]=0, [P k,q m ] 0 Q m Any physical (local) noise term δh(t) commutes with all P k and Q m except a O(1) number of each. Effect of noise appears in N order of the perturbation theory: δe~(δh(t) / ) N-1 δh(t) Simplest Spin Hamiltonian H=Σ kl J x kl σ x k σ x l + Σ kl J z kl σ z k σ z l Rows Columns P k = l σ z l Q k = l σ x l Crucial issues: 1. Which spin model has a large gap? 2. Which spin model is easiest to realize in Josephson junction arrays?

10 Numerics for short range model (nearest neighbor interactions) H=Σ (kl) J x kl σ x k σ x l + Σ (kl) J z kl σ z k σ z l Low energy band Lowest excited state in the same sector as the ground state Splitting of two lowest (degenerate) levels by random field applied to each spin and distributed in interval (-0.05, 0.05). Low energy states for 4*4 and 5*5 spin 4 5 array. Low energy band contains 2 and 2 states Conclusion: relatively small arrays provide very good protection, especially in one channel!

11 Realization of individual spins and their interaction by Josephson Junction Arrays H H Fixed phase Φ=0 Fixed phase Φ=0 or π Only simultaneous flips are possible: H=t σ x k σ x l Longer chains: H=t Σ k,m σ x k σ x m + constraint k σ z k=const Large capacitor preventing phase changes of the end point.

12 Where is the catch? Josephson elements are not discrete. Noise suppression contains δφ Φ E J r k 1 γ δ E J r k 1 0 (r ~ t transition amplitude) we need large quantum fluctuations. But large quantum fluctuations low phase rigidity across the chain φ = 0 no distinction between φ = 0 and φ = π states φ = 0 or φ = π

13 Fixed phase Φ=0 Resolution(s) A. Many (K>>1) Parallel Chains for k=4 Dynamical phase Φ Gap too small V(Φ) = K V chain (Φ) C eff = K C chain Need K 2 v chain / E c chain >>1 E c 4 rhombi chain ~ E c Need K~10-20

14 B. Hierarchical construction Start with single rhombus Combine 4 rhombi into super-rhombus = = n n $ 2 2 cos 2φ n 1 cosφ 4 n C H = E E + E q H n+ 1 = E n+ 1 cos 2φ E n+ 1 cosφ + 4E n+ 1 q$ C n n n Need E E to increase (or stay constant) but / n E1 E C to decrease 2 / C k E E f E E x f x x 16 k E E g E E x x x 4 2 n+ 1 n+ 1 n n 2 2 / C = ( 2 / C) for small ( ) = 2 n+ 1 n+ 1 n n 2 1 / C = ( 1 / C) for small g( ) = k - number of chains in parallel (k=2 above) 1 1 If one rhombus is good enough to produce E the unwanted term 1 / E 2 < 1/4 (1) (1) will decrease for the optimal E2 / E 1 2 C

15 Protected qubit (3 rd level) Decoupled phase degree of freedom φ=0 φ=0 idle φ=π/2 σ x rotations

16 Minimalistic protected system Electrostatic gate Josephson energy E 2 cosϕ dependence on junction parameters Φ Effect of the gate on the Josephson energy E 2 cosϕ Measuring current

17 Minimalistic protected system Electrostatic gate Josephson energy E 2 cosϕ dependence on junction parameters Φ Gap to lowest excitation Measuring current

18 Relaxation and decay rates of realistic hierarchical structures Theory (+simulations): Optimal regime E J 6-8 E C K=3 hierarchy (k=4) k 1 k 1 hier δφ E J δφ Γ 2 =Γ2 γ Γ2 10 Φ0 r Φ0 k 1 hier δej δej 2 2 γ ' 2 r EJ Γ =Γ Γ k 1 Contributions from - flux (area) variations between the loops - Josephson junction variations in the same loop

19 First Device

20 Improved design

21 Critical current of the second level hierarchy device (12 rhombi) Ic (na) Φ 0 /2 oscillations E 1 0 (no E 1 cosφ term) Fourier filtered first harmonics B (arb units)

22 Compare with 2 rhombi (first hierarchy level) Ic (na) Φ 0 /2 oscillations E 1 0 But E 1 at this level is much larger than on E 1 the next level Fourier filtered first harmonics B (arb units)

23 Value of critical currents: Theory versus Experiment Theory: direct numerical diagonalization of Hamiltonian in charge basis is impossible: 91 charge degree of freedom! 1 + $$ 1 H = J qi q j + 4 E ( C ) q q 2 ij C ij i j i; j i; j Approximate alternatives: 1.Replace actual system by 4 rhombi chain with additional capacitance in the middle and scale the result by a factor of 3 2 =9. Should work well for small E J /E C 2. Use effective coupling produced by two rhombi chain and replace the two rhombi structure by effective Josephson element. Should work well in K limit. L (contact) Results for 12 rhombi samples: E C (Geom) E J (Am-B) E 2 (Exp) E 2 (Theor)

24 Value of critical currents: Theory vs. Experiment Theory: direct numerical diagonalization of Hamiltonian in charge basis 1 + $$ 1 H = J qi q j + 4 E ( C ) q q 2 Accuracy of numerics can be verified for 2 rhombi Charge increase/decrease systems for E operators J /E C <10. ij C ij i j i; j i; j Capacitance Matrix L (contact) Results for 2 rhombi samples: E C (Geom) E J (Am-B) E 2 (Exp) E 2 (Theor) ? 1.2?

25 Improved design

26 Effect of the gate potential Switching probability Fourier transforms of switching probability Magnetic flux away from Φ 0 /2 Quasiparticle Peak Oscillations of critical current ~1-2 na which correspond to E 2 ~ E C in agreement with numerical simulations Magnetic flux equals Φ 0 /2

27 Conclusions Parallel chains of approximately π-periodic discrete Josephson elements should provide topological protection from the noise: decoupling in higher orders or suppressed linear order. Problem of soft phase fluctuations in long chains can be solved by hierarchical construction Experimental realization shows appearance of π-periodicity which magnitude is in (rough) agreement with theoretical predictions and suppression of 2π-periodicity. Observed gate periodicity is in agreement with theoretical expectations.

28 Next steps We need to confirm the quantum nature of the fluctuations. For this we shall try to A. To measure the gap in the spectrum directly by microwave spectroscopy B. We need to optimize the parameters to find the values that produce largest ratio of the second harmonics to the first Measurements of the qubit coherence

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