Exact, Floquet-based, Single Qubit Control

ORAL

Abstract

Single-qubit gate design using oscillatory controls is related to the Rabi problem of rotating a spin. In the classical solution one drives the spin with an oscillatory electromagnetic field orthogonal to a background field. Here, we introduce a new, general method for constructing continuous, oscillatory quantum controls based on Floquet's theorem. We then derive a family of exact, analytical solutions to the generalized Rabi problem of completely controlling a single-qubit in a fixed background field.

*NSF 1029764, NSF 0939853

Authors

  • Andrew Sornborger

    • University of Georgia
  • Emily Pritchett

    • Institute for Quantum Computing
    • IQC Waterloo