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This paper proposes a novel cavity-mediated cross-cross-resonance gate for superconducting qubits, offering a scalable method to perform simultaneous two-qubit operations via shared metamaterial mediators. By addressing dominant dispersive coupling errors and drawing parallels to trapped-ion systems, the work advances the practical implementation of controlled-phase gates essential for building large-scale quantum processors.
Cavity-mediated cross-cross-resonance gate
arXiv:2506.03239v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We propose a cavity-mediated gate between two transmon qubits or other nonlinear superconducting elements. The gate is realized by driving both qubits at a frequency that is near-resonant with the frequency of the cavity. Since both qubits are subject to a cross-resonant drive, we call this gate a cross-cross-resonance gate. In close analogy with gates between trapped-ion qubits, in phase space, the state of the cavity makes a circle whose area depends on the state of the two qubits, realizing a controlled-phase gate. We propose two schemes for canceling the dominant error, which is the qubit-cavity dispersive coupling. We also show that this cross-cross-resonance gate allows one to realize simultaneous gates between multiple pairs of qubits coupled via the same metamaterial composed of an array of coupled cavities or other linear mediators.
Authors:Alexey V. Gorshkov, Or Golan, Daniel Cohen, Arbel Haim, Amit Rotem, Gihwan Kim, Andreas Butler, Connor T. Hann, Oskar Painter, Fernando G.S.L. Brandão, Alex Retzker
Abstract:We propose a cavity-mediated gate between two transmon qubits or other nonlinear superconducting elements. The gate is realized by driving both qubits at a frequency that is near-resonant with the frequency of the cavity. Since both qubits are subject to a cross-resonant drive, we call this gate a cross-cross-resonance gate. In close analogy with gates between trapped-ion qubits, in phase space, the state of the cavity makes a circle whose area depends on the state of the two qubits, realizing a controlled-phase gate. We propose two schemes for canceling the dominant error, which is the qubit-cavity dispersive coupling. We also show that this cross-cross-resonance gate allows one to realize simultaneous gates between multiple pairs of qubits coupled via the same metamaterial composed of an array of coupled cavities or other linear mediators.
50 pages, 23 figures. Main changes in V2: more complete treatment of transmons, discussion of gate parameters and decoherence, numerical simulations - final version as published in PRX Quantum
arXiv:2506.03239 [quant-ph]
(or arXiv:2506.03239v2 [quant-ph] for this version)
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