Fast Tunable Coupler Architecture for Fixed Frequency Transmons

ORAL

Abstract

The limits of fixed coupling architectures for superconducting quantum computation have long been recognized. This has led to the development of various tunable coupling schemes [1,2]. In this talk we will explore a tunable capacitive coupler, which interferes a direct coupling capacitance with coupling through a tunable qubit. Unlike previous proposals [2], we place the direct capacitance between opposite islands of the transmons compared to the coupling qubit. This arrangement allows us to operate with the coupler frequency below the qubits and thus in a regime with reduced noise susceptibility and a better on/off ratio compared to previously published designs [2]. With this coupler we demonstrate operation of cPhase gates in low detuning regimes and further demonstrate a two qubit CZ gate with 99.8% fidelity.
[1] Chen Yu et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 220502 (2014)
[2] F. Yan et al. Phys. Rev. Applied. 10, 054063 (2018)

Presenters

  • Jiri Stehlik

    • IBM TJ Watson Research Center
    • IBM Quantum

Authors

  • Jiri Stehlik

    • IBM TJ Watson Research Center
    • IBM Quantum
  • David Zajac

    • IBM TJ Watson Research Center
    • IBM Quantum
  • Devin Underwood

    • IBM TJ Watson Research Center
    • IBM Quantum
  • Timothy Phung

    • IBM TJ Watson Research Center
    • IBM Quantum
  • Muir Kumph

    • IBM TJ Watson Research Center
    • IBM Quantum
  • John Blair

    • IBM TJ Watson Research Center
    • IBM Corporation
  • Santino Carnevale

    • IBM Quantum, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA
    • IBM TJ Watson Research Center
    • IBM Quantum
  • Dave Klaus

    • IBM TJ Watson Research Center
    • IBM Quantum
  • April Carniol

    • IBM TJ Watson Research Center
    • IBM Quantum, Yorktown Heights NY 10598
  • George Keefe

    • IBM TJ Watson Research Center
    • IBM Quantum
  • Matthias Steffen

    • IBM Quantum, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA
    • IBM TJ Watson Research Center
  • Oliver E. Dial

    • IBM TJ Watson Research Center
    • IBM Quantum
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT